Absidia

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

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Absidia is a genus of fungi in the family Cunninghamellaceae. 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.

Taxonomy

The genus was first described in 1878 by Philippe Édouard Léon Van Tieghem.

Species

The genus includes the following species:

Synonyms

Absidia corymbifera is a synonym for Lichtheimia corymbifera.

References

  1. 1 2 Kirk, Paul. "Absidia". Index Fungorum. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  2. ↑ Concise medical dictionary. Martin, E. A. (Elizabeth A.) (8th ed.). [Oxford]: Oxford University Press. 2010. p. 224. ISBN 978-0-19-172701-6. OCLC 894628585.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  3. ↑ van Tieghem, P.E.L. (1878), "Troisième mémoire sur les mucorinées", Annales des Sciences Naturelles Botanique, Série 6, 4: 350