Mucoraceae

Mucoraceae
Mature sporangium of an Absidia mold
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Zygomycota
Class: Zygomycetes
Order: Mucorales
Family: Mucoraceae
Dumort. (1822)[1]
Type genus
Mucor
Fresen. (1850)

The Mucoraceae are a family of fungi of the order Mucorales, characterized by having the thallus not segmented or ramified. Pathogenic genera include Absidia, Apophysomyces, Mucor, Rhizomucor, and Rhizopus. According to a 2008 estimate, the family contains 25 genera and 129 species.[2]

Genera

References

  1. Dumortier BC. (1822). Commentationes botanicae (in Latin). pp. 69, 81.
  2. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 441. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.


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