Absidia

Absidia is a genus of fungi in the family Cunninghamellaceae.^[1] Absidia species are ubiquitous in most environments where they are often associated with warm decaying plant matter, such as compost heaps. Some species in the genus can cause phycomycosis.^[2]

Absidia
Mature, blue-stained sporangium of an Absidia mold viewed with a light microscope
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Mucoromycota
Class:	Mucoromycetes
Order:	Mucorales
Family:	Cunninghamellaceae
Genus:	Absidia Tiegh. (1878)
Type species
Absidia reflexa Tiegh.
Species
See text

Taxonomy

The genus was first described in 1878 by Philippe Édouard Léon Van Tieghem.^[1][3]

Species

The genus includes the following species:

• Absidia aegyptiaca
• Absidia anomala
• Absidia atrospora
• Absidia caerulea
• Absidia californica
• Absidia clavata
• Absidia cuneospora
• Absidia cylindrospora
• Absidia dubia
• Absidia fassatiae
• Absidia glauca
• Absidia griseola
• Absidia heterospora
• Absidia idahoensis
• Absidia inflata
• Absidia macrospora
• Absidia narayanai
• Absidia pseudocylindrospora
• Absidia psychrophilia
• Absidia reflexa
• Absidia repens
• Absidia spinosa
• Absidia tuneta
• Absidia ushtrina

Synonyms

Absidia corymbifera is a synonym for Lichtheimia corymbifera.