Absidia
| Absidia | |
|---|---|
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| 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 | |
| Species | |
| See text | |
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]The genus was first described in 1878 by Philippe Édouard Léon Van Tieghem.[1][3]
Species
[edit]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]Absidia corymbifera is a synonym for Lichtheimia corymbifera.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Kirk, Paul. "Absidia". Index Fungorum. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
- ^ 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) - ^ van Tieghem, P.E.L. (1878), "Troisième mémoire sur les mucorinées", Annales des Sciences Naturelles Botanique, Série 6, 4: 350
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