Isomucor trufemiae J.I. de Souza, Pires-Zottarelli & Harakava (Mucorales, Mucoromycota): the second report worldwide and first from soil in northeastern Brazil

Abstract

Isomucor trufemiae was isolated and described for the first time from soil samples collected in the state of São Paulo State, Brazil, in 2012. Eight years later, we isolated this species in the state of Pernambuco as the second record worldwide and the first record to northeastern Brazil. Isomucor trufemiae URM 8342 was isolated from a soil sample during a study on the diversity of Mucorales in a Montane Atlantic Forest area in the municipality of Bonito, Pernambuco, Brazil, and identified through morphological and molecular analyses (ITS and LSU sequences of rDNA). Aspects of the morphology and distribution of this species are commented in this manuscript.

Early-diverging fungal phyla: taxonomy, species concept, ecology, distribution, anthropogenic impact, and novel phylogenetic proposals

“…1998) has only been reported to occur in China and Brazil (Alves et al 2017). Absidia idahoensis, and A. macrospora have been reported once in the USA (Hesseltine et al 1990) and Czech Republic (Váňová 1968), respectively, and Isomucor trufemiae has only been reported in Brazil (de Souza et al 2012;de Lima et al 2020). The monospecific Halteromyces and Chlamydoabsidia are rare.…”