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Mucoraceae

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Mucoraceae
"Chaetocladium brefeldii"
Chaetocladium brefeldii
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: 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). 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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