Developmental morphology and taxonomy of the genus Arbuscula Batista and Peres

Abstract
Observations on the developmental morphology of Arbuscula eugeniae Batista and Peres (the type species of the genus) are given. The fungus produces largely pseudoparenchymatous bulbils generated by and surrounding a core of hyphae whose continued extension and activity result in the successive acropetal production of columnar branching chains of bulbils. The genus Arbuscula is therefore classified in the Mycelia Sterilia.