Mucoraceae

Short description: Family of fungi

Mucoraceae

Chaetocladium brefeldii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Fungi
Division:  | Mucoromycota
Order:  | Mucorales
Family:  | Mucoraceae
Dumort. (1822)[1]
Type genus
Mucor

Fresen. (1850)

Genera

See text

Synonyms

* Chaetocladiaceae A. Fisch., 1892
* Dicranophoraceae J.H. Mirza, 1979
* Thamnidiaceae Fitzp., 1930

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

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

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