Nematovomyces vermicola (G. L. Barron & Szuarto) Tedersoo & Esmaeilzadeh-Salestani, 2025

Tedersoo, Leho, Hosseyni Moghadam, Mahdieh S., Panksep, Kristel, Prins, Victoria, Anslan, Sten, Mikryukov, Vladimir, Bahram, Mohammad, Abarenkov, Kessy, Kõljalg, Urmas, Esmaeilzadeh-Salestani, Keyvan, Pawłowska, Julia, Wurzbacher, Christian, Ding, Yi, Alkahtani, Saad Hussin & Nilsson, R. Henrik, 2025, Thirty novel fungal lineages: formal description based on environmental samples and DNA, MycoKeys 124, pp. 1-121 : 1-121

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.124.161674
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17399037
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/989CDAF5-1A78-5DB9-B37C-C5543904D488
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scientific name	Nematovomyces vermicola (G. L. Barron & Szuarto) Tedersoo & Esmaeilzadeh-Salestani
status	comb. nov.

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Nematovomyces vermicola (G. L. Barron & Szuarto) Tedersoo & Esmaeilzadeh-Salestani comb. nov.

Basionym.

Olpidium vermicola G. L. Barron & Szuarto , Mycologia 78 (6): 972 (1986) [ 128304].

Diagnosis.

Separated from other species of Nematovomyces by echinulate resting spores and parasitism exclusively on nematode eggs.

Type.

Microscope slide OAC 10841 ( holotype), rotting wood at Lake Manitowabing , Ontario, Canada, 45.5, – 79.9; eDNA sequence OQ 702805 ( legitype) from the type locality .

Description.

As in Barron and Szuarto (1986).

Etymology.

Nematoda and ovum (Latin) refer to roundworms and their eggs, respectively, and describe the specific association with nematode eggs, indicating parasitic relationship with these structures.

Notes.

There are no ITS sequences or other eDNA sequences matching N. vermicola .