''Gamsiella'' is a fungal

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in the Mortierellaceae family of the

Zygomycota Zygomycota, or zygote fungi, is a former division or phylum of the kingdom Fungi. The members are now part of two phyla: the Mucoromycota and Zoopagomycota. Approximately 1060 species are known. They are mostly terrestrial in habitat, living ...

. The genus is

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, containing the single species ''Gamsiella multidivaricata'', found in the United States. The genus name of ''Gamsiella'' is in honour of Konrad Walter Gams (1934 - 2017), who was an Austrian botanist and scientist. The genus was circumscribed by Gerald Leonard Benny and Meredith Blackwell in Mycologia Vol.96 (Issue 1) on page 147 in 2004.

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* Fungi of North America Zygomycota genera {{Zygomycota-stub