The division (phylum) Glomeromycota is a taxon within the kingdom Fungi that includes those species that form arbuscular mycorrhizae with plants. Originally placed in the order Glomales of division Zygomycota, these fungi were elevated to their own division in 2002 by Walker and Schüßler. In biology, the equivalent of a phylum in the plant or fungi kingdom is called a division. ... In biology, a kingdom or regnum is the top-level, or nearly all the top-level, taxon of organisms in scientific classification. ... Divisions Chytridiomycota Zygomycota Ascomycota Basidiomycota The Fungi (singular: fungus) are a large group of organisms ranked as a kingdom within the Domain Eukaryota. ... An Arbuscular mycorrhiza (plural mycorrhizae or mycorrhizas) is a type of mycorrhiza in which the fungus penetrates the cortical cells of the roots of a vascular plant. ... Divisions Green algae land plants (embryophytes) non-vascular embryophytes Hepatophyta - liverworts Anthocerophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses vascular plants (tracheophytes) seedless vascular plants Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongue ferns seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering... Scientific classification or biological classification refers to how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Zygomycota, or zygote fungi, are a division of fungi. ...

Glomeromycota are characterized by the formation of dichotomously-branching arbuscules in the roots of angiosperms, in an obligate symbiotic relationship known as a mycorrhiza (pl. mycorrhizae or mycorrhizas). Arbuscules serve as the main site of nutrient exchange between the plant host and the fungus. Some species may also form balloon-like structures known as vesicles within host roots. The structures are thought to be for storage of fungal metabolites. Roots is: The plural of Root Roots (album) Roots (TV miniseries), a mini-series based on a novel by Alex Haley Roots: The Saga of an American Family, a novel by Alex Haley Roots Canada Ltd. ... Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants (also angiosperms or Magnoliophyta) are one of the major groups of modern plants, comprising those that produce seeds in specialized reproductive organs called flowers, where the ovulary or carpel is enclosed. ... b nhm b. ... A mycorrhiza (typically seen in the plural forms mycorrhizae or mycorrhizas, Greek for fungus roots) is a distinct type of root symbiosis in which individual hyphae extending from the mycelium of a fungus colonize the roots of a host plant. ... Divisions Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Marchantiophyta - liverworts Anthocerotophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants Adiantum pedatum (a fern... Divisions Chytridiomycota Deuteromycota Zygomycota Glomeromycota Ascomycota Basidiomycota Yellow fungus Fungus growing on a tree in Borneo A fungus (plural fungi) is a eukaryotic organism that digests its food externally and absorbs the nutrient molecules into its cells. ...

All species in the division are known to reproduce asexually by the formation of blastospores. Blastospore development and morphology and DNA sequence data are used to separate groups within the Division. Reproduction is the creation of one thing as a copy of, product of, or replacement for a similar thing, e. ... Asexuality is a designation or self-designation for people who lack feelings of sexual attraction and/or sexual desire. ... Developmental biology is the study of the process by which organisms grow and develop. ... Comparative anatomy is the study of similarities and differences in organisms. ... In biology, the equivalent of a phylum in the plant or fungi kingdom is called a division. ...

References and External Links

• Glomeromycota at the Tree of Life Web Project
• Glomeromycota at the International Culture Collection of VA Mycorrhizal Fungi (INVAM)
• Glomeromycota at the University of Sydney Fungal Biology site
• [1] at the University of Darmstadt