A checklist of Egyptian fungi: II. Glomeromycota

摘要

Information about arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) was abstracted based on anintensive search of publications, thesis, and preliminary annotated checklists and compilations.By screening all available sources of information, it was possible to report forty-eight taxabelonging to one class (Glomeromycetes), four orders (Archaeosporales, Diversisporales,Glomerales and Paraglomerales) and six families (Acaulosporaceae, Archaeosporaceae,Entrophosporaceae, Gigasporaceae, Glomeraceae and Pacisporaceae). Order Glomeralesaccommodates the greatest range of species (28 species), the order Archaeosporales andParaglomerales accommodate the lowest range (one species each).