Modicella is a genus of fungi in the family Mortierellaceae of the Mucoromycota. It was formerly in the division Zygomycota. The genus contains two species found in North and South America[1] and one in New Zealand.

Modicella
Modicella malleola from California
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Mucoromycota
Class: Mortierellomycetes
Order: Mortierellales
Family: Mortierellaceae
Genus: Modicella
Kanouse (1936)
Type species
Modicella malleola
(Harkn.) Gerd. & Trappe (1974)
Species

M. albostipitata
M. malleola
M. reniformis

References

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  1. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 439. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
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