Absidia
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| Mature, blue-stained sporangium of an Absidia mold viewed with a light microscope | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Mucoromycota |
| Class: | Mucoromycetes |
| Order: | Mucorales |
| Family: | Cunninghamellaceae |
| Genus: | Absidia Tiegh. (1878) |
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| Absidia reflexa | |
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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]
Taxonomy
[edit | edit source]The genus was first described in 1878 by Philippe Édouard Léon Van Tieghem.[1][3]
Species
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]Absidia corymbifera is a synonym for Lichtheimia corymbifera.
References
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External links
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