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]
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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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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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