Biology:Absidia
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Short description: Genus of fungi
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| Mature, blue-stained sporangium of an Absidia mold viewed with a light microscope | |
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| Genus: | Absidia Tiegh. (1878)
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| Absidia reflexa Tiegh.
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Absidia is a genus of zygote 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
The genus was first described in 1878 by Philippe Édouard Léon Van Tieghem.[1][3]
Species
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
Absidia corymbifera is a synonym for Lichtheimia corymbifera.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kirk, Paul. "Absidia". http://www.indexfungorum.org/names/NamesRecord.asp?RecordID=20001.
- ↑ Concise medical dictionary.. Martin, E. A. (Elizabeth A.) (8th ed.). [Oxford]: Oxford University Press. 2010. pp. 224. ISBN 978-0-19-172701-6. OCLC 894628585.
- ↑ van Tieghem,P.E.L. (1878), "Troisième mémoire sur les mucorinées", Annales des Sciences Naturelles Botanique, Série 6 4: 350, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42631242
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q4386113 entry
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