Glomus macrocarpum information

Glomus macrocarpum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Glomeromycota
Class:	Glomeromycetes
Order:	Glomerales
Family:	Glomeraceae
Genus:	Glomus
Species:	G. macrocarpum
Binomial name
Glomus macrocarpum Tul. & Tul. 1845

Glomus macrocarpum is a vesicular-arbuscular endomycorrhizal plant pathogen in the Glomeraceae family of fungi. Also occasionally known as Endogone macrocarpa, G. macrocarpum is pathogenic to multiple plants, including tobacco and chili plants. G. macrocarpum was first discovered in the French woodlands by the Tulsane brothers in the early to mid 1800s.^[1] Their first known description of G. macrocarpum was published in the New Italian Botanical Journal in 1845.^[1] G. macrocarpum has since been documented in over 26 countries, including Australia, China, and Japan for example. G. macrocarpum is frequently found in grassy meadows, forests, greenhouses, and fruit orchards. It is known for its small, round-edged, and light brown to yellow-brown sporocarp. G. macrocarpum is sometimes known as the Glomerales truffle.^[1]