Vinositunicaceae Tedersoo, 2024

Tedersoo, Leho, Magurno, Franco, Alkahtani, Saad & Mikryukov, Vladimir, 2024, Phylogenetic classification of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: new species and higher-ranking taxa in Glomeromycota and Mucoromycota (class Endogonomycetes), MycoKeys 107, pp. 249-271 : 249-271

Vinositunicaceae Tedersoo fam. nov.

Type genus.

Vinositunica Koh. Yamam., Degawa & A. Yamada.

Description.

Fruiting bodies epigeous or semi-hypogeous, reniform or irregular, often with a short stipe-like sterile base, 2–20 mm in diam. Peridium white, partly purple, in a single layer, composed of coenocytic aseptate hyphae. Gleba pale yellow to purplish-grey, composed of numerous radially or randomly distributed chlamydospores. Chlamydospores granular, with yellow contents, broadly ellipsoid, 50–700 μm diam, terminal on single subtending hypha. Cell wall composed of purplish to vinaceous outer layer and colourless inner layer.

Notes.

Vinositunicaceae includes the genus Vinositunica . This group has not been found from root or soil eDNA samples thus far, and ITS sequences are not available. Probably humus saprotrophs. Family description is adapted from Yamamoto et al. (2020).