Acaulopage

Acaulopage
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Zoopagomycota
Class:	Zoopagomycetes
Order:	Zoopagales
Family:	Zoopagaceae
Genus:	Acaulopage; Drechsler (1935)
Type species
	Acaluopage rhaphidospora; Drechsler (1935)

Acaulopage is a genus in the former Zygomycota that preys on amoeba.

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 hyphae¹ 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.⁴⁵

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

References

Drechsler, Charles E. (1935). "Some non-catenulate conidial Phycomycetes preyting on terricolous amoebae". Mycologia. 27 (2): 176–205. doi:10.1080/00275514.1935.12017070.
Benny, Gerald L. "Acaulopage". Retrieved June 29, 2019.
Drechsler, Charles E. (1942). "New species of Acaulopage and Cochlonema destructive to soil amoebae". Mycologia. 34 (3): 274–297. doi:10.1080/00275514.1942.12020896.
Jones, F. R.; Peach, M. (1959). "Acaulopage tetraceros Drechsler var. longa sp. nov". Transactions of the British Mycological Society. 42: 95–96. doi:10.1016/S0007-1536(59)80073-5.
Saikawa, M.; Kadowaki, T. (2002). "Studies on Acaulopage dichotoma and Acaulopage tetraceros (Zoopagales, Zygomycota) capturing amoeba". Nova Hedwigia. 74: 365–371. doi:10.1127/0029-5035/2002/0074-0365.

[Drechsler1935-1] Drechsler, Charles E. (1935). "Some non-catenulate conidial Phycomycetes preyting on terricolous amoebae". Mycologia. 27 (2): 176–205. doi:10.1080/00275514.1935.12017070.

[Benny-2] Benny, Gerald L. "Acaulopage". Retrieved June 29, 2019.

[Drechsler1942-3] Drechsler, Charles E. (1942). "New species of Acaulopage and Cochlonema destructive to soil amoebae". Mycologia. 34 (3): 274–297. doi:10.1080/00275514.1942.12020896.

[Jones-4] Jones, F. R.; Peach, M. (1959). "Acaulopage tetraceros Drechsler var. longa sp. nov". Transactions of the British Mycological Society. 42: 95–96. doi:10.1016/S0007-1536(59)80073-5.

[Saikawa-5] Saikawa, M.; Kadowaki, T. (2002). "Studies on Acaulopage dichotoma and Acaulopage tetraceros (Zoopagales, Zygomycota) capturing amoeba". Nova Hedwigia. 74: 365–371. doi:10.1127/0029-5035/2002/0074-0365.

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