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MUCORALES (a fungus)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #photos #macrophotos #microphotos #refs #webs
Family CUNNINGHAMELLACEAE Naumov ex R.K. Benj., 1959 (a fungus) 1          
Genus Cunninghamella Matr., 1903 (a fungus)   3 1      
Family MUCORACEAE Dumort., 1822 (a fungus) 5          
Species Chaetocladium brefeldii Tiegh. & G. Le Monn., 1873 (a zygomycete fungus)       5    
Species Chaetocladium jonesii (Berk. & Broome) Fresen., 1863 (a zygomycete fungus)       11    
Genus Mucor Fresen., 1850 (a genus of pinmoulds) 1 1     3  
Genus Rhizopus Ehrenb., 1821 (a genus of zygomycete fungi)     5      
Species Syzygites megalocarpus Ehrenb., 1818 (Toadstool Pin Mould)   9 6 9   8
Family PHYCOMYCETACEAE Arx, 1982 (a fungus) 2          
Species Phycomyces nitens (C. Agardh) Kunze, 1823 (a fungus)   19 13 13    
Species Spinellus fusiger (Link) Tiegh., 1875 (Bonnet Mould)   6 3 5   8
Family PILOBOLACEAE Corda, 1842 (a family of fungi) 1          
Genus Pilobolus Tode, 1784 (dung cannons) 1 11        

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Richardson, M.J. & Watling, R., 1997 (Difficult to see these on the dung as they tend to form a tangle of hyphae. They often require culturing for accurate identification.) Keys to Fungi on Dung

MUCORALES may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
ZYGOMYCOTA
(pin moulds)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with MUCORALES:

Mucorales may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)

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