Glomus

See also: glomus

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin glomus (“assemble in a group”).

Proper noun

Glomus n

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Glomeraceae – a large group of fungi that are obligate symbionts of tree roots.

Hypernyms

• (family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Fungi – kingdom; Eomycota – subkingdom; Glomeromycota – phylum; Glomeromycetes - class; Glomerales - order; Glomeraceae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Glomus claroideum, Glomus etunicatum - species

References

• Glomus (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Glomus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Funneliformis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Glomus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Glomus at MycoBank