Ruuaceae 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

Ruuaceae Tedersoo fam. nov.

Type genus.

Ruua Tedersoo.

Description.

Covers the monophyletic group in Ruuales (Fig. 2 ). Phylogenetically delimited as the least inclusive clade covering sequence accessions EUK 1603424, EUK 1600239, EUK 1600169 and EUK 1600180 (Suppl. material 3).

Notes.

Recognised based on eDNA sequences only. Currently includes Ruua and another genus-level taxon represented by sequence EUK 1602764 (GSMc plot G 4189, Populus tremula forest soil in Tammsaare, Estonia, 57.84444 ° N, 27.20141 ° E).

Figures

Figure 2. Phylogenetic position of genera and genus-level groups of Endogonomycetes based on Maximum Likelihood analysis of SSU- 5.8 S-LSU sequences. The clades are collapsed, with the number of sequences included in parentheses. Question marks above branches indicate low ultra-rapid bootstrap support (< 95). Orders are highlighted in different colours. The uncollapsed phylogram is given in Suppl. material 3.