Mucoraceae
Topic: Biology
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Short description: Family of fungi
| Mucoraceae | |
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| Chaetocladium brefeldii | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Mucoromycota |
| Order: | Mucorales |
| Family: | Mucoraceae Dumort. (1822)[1] |
| Type genus | |
| Mucor Fresen. (1850)
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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
The family consists of the following genera:
- Actinomucor
- Apophysomyces
- 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) (in Latin). Commentationes botanicae. pp. 69, 81.
- ↑ Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. 2008. p. 441. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
Wikidata ☰ Q3268436 entry
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