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Mucoraceae
Family of fungi From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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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
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