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Mature, blue-stained sporangium of an Absidia mold viewed with a light microscope | |
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Genus: | Absidia
Tiegh. (1878)
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Absidia reflexa | |
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Absidia is a genus of zygote 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]
The genus was first described in 1878 by Philippe Édouard Léon Van Tieghem. [1] [3]
The genus includes the following species:
Absidia corymbifera is a synonym for Lichtheimia corymbifera.
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