Endogone maritima sp. nov. is described and illustrated.
This fungus was recovered from around the roots of endomycorrhizal
Ammophila arenaria, Corynephorus canescens, Juncus
balticus,
J. articulatus, and ectomycorrhizal Pinus sylvestris
colonizing a deflation
hollow of the Słowiński National Park in Poland. Endogone
maritima produces sunflower to brownish yellow zygosporangia
enveloped by a separable hyphal mantle consisting of interwoven hyphae
appearing in section as a dense net. The zygosporangia
occur both singly in the soil and in small, non-peridial sporocarps
typically containing 2–7 zygosporangia.