Glomeromycota TAXONOMY

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Classification of 'AM fungi' (updated 22^nd February 2008, see 'species list' for references):

You find a species list with current names here, supplemented by some additional information. It includes links to full text papers (the original descriptions), as far as we have copyright clearance. It is also directly hyperlinked from the genera-links in the table above.

Note, that we link the pdf-files only from the species-list page, due to legal reasons (copyright), so you will always get linked via this list.

A direct link to the online Index Fungorum and to EMBL version of NCBI taxonomic data is given below.

The following phylogenetic tree shows the higher taxa within the Glomeromycota. Some often used 'model species' are shown in blue, to indicate that e.g. the 'genus' Glomus (still) is not comparable to  other genera - it comprises (at least) two families (from the viewpoint of a phylogenetic concept), and many species are in the Diversisporaceae (here, only G. versiforme is shown).

We try to bring together taxonomy and molecular phylogeny, and try to add data for all the species/cultures/isolates we have investigated by molecular methods in future. This should cover isolate history, geographic data, pictures of the fungi, etc., but also sequences and molecular signatures ('barcodes'). However, the construction of this database takes time, there are too many gaps to fill.

We want to invite everybody to help with updating and adding data. Such information, including respective references etc., can be cited here. We are also prepared to show controversial views - in case others want get them linked from this page, we will do so !

Link to Index Fungorum (see our Glomeromycota species list for further information):

- direct link allowed by CABI biosciences (Feb. 2004) -