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

Absidia
Actinomucor
Apophysomyces
Backusella
Benjaminiella
Chaetocladium
Circinella
Cokeromyces
Dicranophora
Ellisomyces
Helicostylum
Hyphomucor
Kirkomyces
Mucor
Parasitella
Pilaira
Pilophora
Pirella
Rhizomucor
Rhizopodopsis
Rhizopus
Sporodiniella
Syzygites
Thamnidium
Thermomucor
Zygorhynchus

References

↑ Dumortier BC. (1822). Commentationes botanicae (in Latin). pp. 69, 81.
↑ 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.

External links

Mucoraceae in Index Fungorum

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