title: Description of zygospores in Tectimyces robustus and clarifications on homothallic species within Harpellales.
abstract: Homothallic zygospores of the endosymbiont fungus Tectimyces robustus (Harpellales) are described (and the species is emended) confirming its position within genus Tectimyces, where it was placed originally based on characteristics of the asexual trichospores and thallus. Zygospores in T. robustus are similar to those reported in T. leptophlebiidarum, although fine morphological differences and ontogenic features of sexual spores clearly delineate both species. A morphological comparison of T. robustus zygospores with other homothallic species of Harpellales is provided.
authors.affiliation: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Facultat de Biociències, Departament de Biologia Vegetal, Biologia Animal i Ecologia, Unitat de Botànica, Campus Bellaterra, 08193-Barcelona, Spain. laia.guardia@uab.cat
authors.forename: L Guàrdia
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Valle
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001203:Ascomycota / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D007313:Insecta / Q000382:microbiology*; D013030:Spain; D014871:Water Microbiology