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Mucoraceae Fries, 1821

109309 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:109309)

  1. Biota
  2. Fungi (Kingdom)
  3. Mucoromycota (Phylum)
  4. Mucoromycetes (Class)
  5. Mucorales (Order)
  6. Mucoraceae (Family)
accepted
Family
Mucorales
Chaetocladiaceae · unaccepted
Choanephoraceae · unaccepted
Gilbertellaceae · unaccepted
Mycotyphaceae · unaccepted
Thamnidiaceae · unaccepted

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  1. Genus Absidia Van Tieghem, 1878
  2. Genus Actinomucor Schostakowitsch, 1898
  3. Genus Amylomyces Calmette, 1892
  4. Genus Benjaminiella J.A. von Arx, 1981
  5. Genus Blakeslea Thaxter, 1914
  6. Genus Chaetocladium Fresenius, 1863
  7. Genus Choanephora Currey, 1873
  8. Genus Chordostylum Tode, 1790
  9. Genus Cokeromyces Shanor in Shanor, Poitras & R.K. Benjamin, 1950
  10. Genus Dicranophora J. Schröter, 1886
  11. Genus Ellisomyces G.L. Benny & R.K. Benjamin, 1975
  12. Genus Gilbertella Hesseltine, 1960
  13. Genus Helicostylum Corda, 1842
  14. Genus Hyphomucor M.A.A. Schipper & J.E. Lunn in M.A.A. Schipper, 1986
  15. Genus Isomucor J.I. de Souza, C.L. Pires-Zottarelli & R. Harakava in de Souza, Pires-Zottarelli, dos Santos, Costa & Harakava, 2012
  16. Genus Kirkiana L.S. Loh, A.J. Kuthubutheen & A. Nawawi, 2001
  17. Genus Kirkomyces Benny, 1996
  18. Genus Mooraboolomyces C.P. Hull, Urquhart & Idnurm, 2024
  19. Genus Mucor Fresenius, 1850
  20. Genus Mycotypha Fenner, 1932
  21. Genus Nawawiella L.S. Loh & A.J. Kuthubutheen, 2001
  22. Genus Parasitella Bainier, 1903
  23. Genus Pilaira Van Tieghem, 1875
  24. Genus Pirella Bainier, 1882
  25. Genus Poitrasia P.M. Kirk, 1984
  26. Genus Rhizopodopsis K.B. Boedijn, 1959
  27. Genus Thamnidium Link ex Wallroth in Bluff & Fingerhuth, 1833
  28. Genus Tortumyces L.S. Loh, 2001
  29. Genus Zygorhynchus Vuillemin, 1903
  30. Genus Abradeosporangium A. Subrahmanyam & A.S. Sri, 2010 accepted as Poitrasia P.M. Kirk, 1984 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  31. Genus Ascidiophora Reichenbach accepted as Mucor Fresenius, 1850
  32. Genus Ascophora Tode, 1790 accepted as Mucor Fresenius, 1850
  33. Genus Benjaminia Pidoplichko & Milko, 1971 accepted as Benjaminiella J.A. von Arx, 1981
  34. Genus Bulbothamnidium J. Klein, 1870 accepted as Helicostylum Corda, 1842
  35. Genus Calyptromyces H. Karsten, 1849 accepted as Mucor Fresenius, 1850
  36. Genus Chaetostylum Van Tieghem & A.A.G. Le Monnier, 1873 accepted as Helicostylum Corda, 1842
  37. Genus Chionyphe Thienemann, 1839 accepted as Mucor Fresenius, 1850
  38. Genus Chlamydomucor Brefeld, 1889 accepted as Mucor Fresenius, 1850
  39. Genus Choanephorella Vuillemin, 1904 accepted as Choanephora Currey, 1873
  40. Genus Choanephoroidea I. Miyake & S. Ito, 1935 accepted as Choanephora Currey, 1873
  41. Genus Circinomucor J.A. von Arx, 1982 accepted as Mucor Fresenius, 1850
  42. Genus Cunninghamia Currey, 1873 accepted as Choanephora Currey, 1873
  43. Genus Glomerula Bainier, 1903 accepted as Actinomucor Schostakowitsch, 1898
  44. Genus Haynaldia S. Schulzer von Müggenburg in S. Schulzer von Müggenburg, A. Kanitz & Knapp, 1866 accepted as Helicostylum Corda, 1842
  45. Genus Hydrophora Tode, 1791 accepted as Mucor Fresenius, 1850
  46. Genus Kirkia G.L. Benny, 1995 accepted as Kirkomyces Benny, 1996
  47. Genus Lactomyces Boulanger, 1899 accepted as Mucor Fresenius, 1850
  48. Genus Melidium Eschweiler, 1822 accepted as Thamnidium Link ex Wallroth in Bluff & Fingerhuth, 1833
  49. Genus Monilia C.H. Persoon, 1794 accepted as Mucor Fresenius, 1850
  50. Genus Mucedo Persoon, 1794 accepted as Mucor Fresenius, 1850
  51. Genus Pleurocystis Bonorden, 1851 accepted as Helicostylum Corda, 1842
  52. Genus Proabsidia Vuillemin, 1903 accepted as Absidia Van Tieghem, 1878
  53. Genus Protoabsidia Naumov, 1935 accepted as Absidia Van Tieghem, 1878
  54. Genus Pseudoabsidia Bainier, 1903 accepted as Absidia Van Tieghem, 1878
  55. Genus Pseudo-absidia Bainier, 1903 accepted as Pseudoabsidia Bainier, 1903 accepted as Absidia Van Tieghem, 1878 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling)
  56. Genus Scitovszkya S. Schulzer von Müggenburg in S. Schulzer von Müggenburg et al., 1866 accepted as Mucor Fresenius, 1850
  57. Genus Thelactis Martius, 1821 accepted as Mucor Fresenius, 1850
  58. Genus Tieghemella Berlese & G.B. De Toni in P.A. Saccardo, 1888 accepted as Absidia Van Tieghem, 1878
  59. Genus Zygohynchus accepted as Zygorhynchus Vuillemin, 1903
  60. Genus Philophora (uncertain, unassessed)
marine, brackish
recent + fossil
Not documented
IRMNG (2025). Mucoraceae Fries, 1821. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=109309 on 2026-07-19
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2006-09-19 22:00:00Z
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Rees, Tony
2011-12-31 23:00:00Z
changed
Rees, Tony
2025-04-27 15:42:58Z
changed
Girard, Jean-Sébastien

basis of record Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. [details] 

current name source Index Fungorum (May 2009 version). , available online at http://www.indexfungorum.org/ [details] 

extant flag source as per included genera [details] 

habitat flag source Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. [details] 
Unreviewed
Classification Eukaryota (Superkingdom) > Fungi (Kingdom) > Zygomycota (Phylum) > Zygomycota incertae sedis (Class) > Mucorales (Order) > Mucoraceae (Family) [details]

Descriptive info Includes marine genera (Aphia 2006), but terrestrial according to Parker [details]
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