Acaulopage
Genus of fungi
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Acaulopage is a genus in the former Zygomycota that preys on amoeba.
| Acaulopage | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Zoopagomycota |
| Class: | Zoopagomycetes |
| Order: | Zoopagales |
| Family: | Zoopagaceae |
| Genus: | Acaulopage Drechsler (1935) |
| Type species | |
| Acaluopage rhaphidospora Drechsler (1935)[1] | |
Morphology
Species of Acaulopage are characterized by coenocytic hyphae that have patches of yellowish adhesive patches used to capture amoeba.[2] Conidia are borne directly on the hyphae[1] and vary widely in morphology. Many bear one to many empty appendages.[2] For example, A. marantica conidia have a single appendage;[2] A. tetraceros conidia have an average of four appendages;[1] and, A. lasiospora conidia are covered in appendages.[3] Zygospores are globose with ornamented walls.[2]
Ecology
Species are often recovered from soil or leaf litter placed on agar in Petri dishes. Acaulopage tetroceros is the most commonly reported species.[4][5]
Species
According to Gerald L. Benny, there are 27 species of Acaulopage.[2]
- Acaulopage acanthospora Drechsler 1938
- Acaulopage aristata Jones 1959
- Acaulopage baulispora Drechsler 1948
- Acaulopage ceratospora Drechsler 1935
- Acaulopage cercospora Drechsler 1936
- Acaulopage crobylospora Drechsler 1947
- Acaulopage dactylophora Drechsler 1955
- Acaulopage dasyspora Drechsler 1955
- Acaulopage dichotoma Drechsler 1945
- Acaulopage gomphoclada Drechsler 1942
- Acaulopage gyrinoides Drechsler 1948
- Acaulopage hystricospora Drechsler 1946
- Acaulopage ischnospora Drechsler 1947
- Acaulopage lasiospora Drechsler 1942
- Acaulopage longicornis Drechsler 1955
- Acaulopage lophospora Drechsler 1946
- Acaulopage macrospora Drechsler 1935
- Acaulopage marantica Drechsler 1939
- Acaulopage retusa Jones 1959
- Acaulopage rhaphidospora Drechsler 1935
- Acaulopage rhicnospora Drechsler 1935
- Acaulopage stenospora Drechsler 1941
- Acaulopage tenuicornis Drechsler 1959
- Acaulopage tetraceros Drechsler 1935
- Acaulopage tigrina C. Ciccicone 1989
- Acaulopage trachyspora Drechsler 1959