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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Fungi
Subregnum: Mucoromyceta
Divisio: Mucoromycota
Subdivisio: Mucoromycotina
Classis: Mucoromycetes
Ordo: Mucorales

Familia: Mucoraceae
Genera: ActinomucorAmbomucor - Benjaminiella - Chaetocladium - Cokeromyces - Dicranophora - Ellisomyces - Helicostylum - HyphomucorIsomucorKirkianaKirkomycesNawawiellaMucor - Parasitella - Pilaira - Pirella - Rhizopodopsis - - ThamnidiumTortumyces

Name

Mucoraceae Dumort., 1822
Synonyms

Chaetocladiaceae A.Fisch., 1892
Dicranophoraceae J.H. Mirza, 1979
Thamnidiaceae Fitzp., 1930

References

Hoffmann, K., Pawłowska, J., Walther, G., Wrzosek, M., De Hoog, G.S., Benny, G.L., Kirk, P.M. & Voigt, K. 2013. The family structure of the Mucorales: a synoptic revision based on comprehensive multigene-genealogies. Persoonia: Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi 30(1): 57–76. DOI: 10.3767/003158513X666259 Open access ResearchGate Open access Reference page.

Links

Index Fungorum: IF 81030

Vernacular names
日本語: ケカビ科
中文: 毛霉科

The Mucoraceae are a family of fungi of the order Mucorales, characterized by having the thallus not segmented or ramified. Pathogenic genera include Absidia, Apophysomyces, Mucor, Rhizomucor, and Rhizopus. According to a 2008 estimate, the family contains 25 genera and 129 species.[2]
Genera

The family consists of the following genera:

Actinomucor
Apophysomyces
Benjaminiella
Chaetocladium
Circinella
Cokeromyces
Dicranophora
Ellisomyces
Helicostylum
Hyphomucor
Kirkomyces
Mucor
Parasitella
Pilaira
Pilophora
Pirella
Rhizomucor
Rhizopodopsis
Rhizopus
Sporodiniella
Syzygites
Thamnidium
Thermomucor
Zygorhynchus

References
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Dumortier BC. (1822). Commentationes botanicae (in Latin). pp. 69, 81.
Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 441. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.

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