ENDOGONE MARITIMA, A NEW SPECIES IN THE ENDOGONALES FROM POLAND

Endogone maritima sp. nov, is described and illustrated. This fungus w as recovered from around the roots of endomycorrhizal Ammophila arenar ia, Corynephorus canescens, Juncus balticus, J. articulatus, and ectom ycorrhizal Pinus sylvestris colonizing a deflation hollow of the Slowi nski National Park in Poland. Endogone maritima produces sunflower to brownish yellow zygosporangia enveloped by a separable hyphal mantle c onsisting of interwoven hyphae appearing in section as a dense net. Th e zygosporangia occur both singly in the soil and in small, non-peridi al sporocarps typically containing 2-7 zygosporangia.