Backusella dispersa

Backusella dispersa is a species of zygote fungus in the order Mucorales. It was originally described in 1910 by Hagem as Mucor dispersus, but in 2020 it was combined by Andrew S. Urquhart and James K. Douch into the genus Backusella, making the new combination B. dispersa.^[1]

Backusella dispersa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Mucoromycota
Class:	Mucoromycetes
Order:	Mucorales
Family:	Backusellaceae
Genus:	Backusella
Species:	B. dispersa
Binomial name
Backusella dispersa (Hagem) Urquhart & Douch
Synonyms
Mucor dispersus Hagem – basionym