Echinochlamydosporium
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Echinochlamydosporium is a fungal genus
in the Mortierellaceae
family of the Zygomycota
. The genus is monotypic
, containing the single species Echinochlamydosporium variabile, found in China. The fungus grows on juvenile individuals of the soybean cyst nematode
(Heterodera glycines).
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
in the Mortierellaceae
Mortierellaceae
The Mortierellaceae are a family of fungi in the order Mortierellales. The Dictionary of the Fungi says that the family contains 6 genera and 93 species. A new genus, Echinochlamydosporium, was described in 2011....
family of the Zygomycota
Zygomycota
Zygomycota, or zygote fungi, is a phylum of fungi. The name comes from zygosporangia, where resistant spherical spores are formed during sexual reproduction. Approximately 1060 species are known. They are mostly terrestrial in habitat, living in soil or on decaying plant or animal material...
. The genus is monotypic
Monotypic
In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group with only one biological type. The term's usage differs slightly between botany and zoology. The term monotypic has a separate use in conservation biology, monotypic habitat, regarding species habitat conversion eliminating biodiversity and...
, containing the single species Echinochlamydosporium variabile, found in China. The fungus grows on juvenile individuals of the soybean cyst nematode
Soybean cyst nematode
The soybean cyst nematode , Heterodera glycines, is a plant-parasitic nematode and a devastating pest of the soybean worldwide. The nematode infects the roots of soybean, and the female nematode eventually becomes a cyst...
(Heterodera glycines).