Abstract
This chapter studies the genus Endomyces. In the determination of asexual reproduction, colonies on natural substrates are white, floccose, pseudohyphal, or with septate hyphae. Blastoconidia, if present, are sympodially produced in short chains. In sexual reproduction it is seen that asci are subglobose to clavate, thin-walled, and open by rupture at the apex. Ascospores are 2–12 per ascus, hyaline, ellipsoidal, or unilaterally flattened and helmet-shaped in outline due to a unilateral slimy brim. Species are homothallic and are parasitic on mushrooms. In physiology and biochemistry it is seen that physiological growth characteristics have not been studied. The chapter further examines the phylogenetic placement. The type of species mentioned is Endomyces decipiens. The species accepted are Endomyces cortinarii, Endomyces decipiens, Endomyces polyporicola, and Endomyces scopularum. The systematic discussion of the species includes colonies on natural substrates, formation of ascospores, fermentation, growth, CoQ, Mol% G1C, gene sequence accession numbers, type strain, cell carbohydrates, origin of the strain studied, type specimen, and systematics.
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