Absidia | |
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Mature, blue-stained sporangium of an Absidia mold viewed with a light microscope | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Mucoromycota |
Class: | Mucoromycetes |
Order: | Mucorales |
Family: | Cunninghamellaceae |
Genus: | Absidia Tiegh. (1878) |
Type species | |
Absidia reflexa | |
Species | |
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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]
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