Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Fungi
Subregnum: Mucoromyceta
Divisio: Mucoromycota
Subdivisio: Mucoromycotina
Classis: Mucoromycetes
Ordo: Mucorales
Familia: Cunninghamellaceae
Genus: Absidia
Species: A. aegyptiaca – A. anomala – A. atrospora – A. caatinguensis – A. caerulea – A. californica – A. capillata – A. clavata – A. coerulea – A. cuneospora – A. cylindrospora – A. dubia – A. egyptiaca –A. fassatiae – A. fusca – A. glauca – A. graminea – A. griseola – A. hesseltinei – A. heterospora – A. idahoensis – A. inflata – A. koreana – A. macrospora – A. multispora – A. narayanai – A. pseudocylindrospora – A. psychrophilia – A. reflexa – A. repens – A. robusta – A. saloaensis – A. scabra – A. septata – A. spinosa – A. stercoraria – A. terrestris –A. tuneta – A. ushtrina – A. xylogena
Name
Absidia Tiegh., 1878
Index Fungorum: IF 20001
MycoBank: MB 20001
Type species: A. reflexa
Tiegh., 1878
References
Primary references
Annls Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 6 4: 350 (1878).
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
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
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.
van Tieghem, P.E.L. (1878), "Troisième mémoire sur les mucorinées", Annales des Sciences Naturelles Botanique, Série 6, 4: 350
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