Parvocarpum Magurno gen. nov.

Type species.

Parvocarpum badium (Oehl, Redecker & Sieverd.) Magurno.

Description.

Producing glomoid-like spores surrounding a central plexus of interwoven hyphae in small organised fruiting bodies, lacking a peridium. Spores with inner flexible hyaline layer and short subtending hyphae. Forms a monophyletic group within Glomeraceae based on SSU- ITS - LSU phylogram (Fig. 1, Suppl. material 1).

Notes.

Based on ITS and LSU sequences, Parvocarpum includes 10–20 species.