Mortierellales is a

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order, within the

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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 i ...

and the

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Mortierellomycota. It contains only 1 known

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, Mortierellaceae , and 6 genera and around 129 species.

Genera

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Aquamortierella ''Aquamortierella'' is a fungal genus in the Mortierellaceae family of the Zygomycota. The genus is monotypic, containing the single species ''Aquamortierella elegans'', found in New Zealand and Japan. The genus name of ''Aquamortierella'' is i ...

'' - 1 sp. * ''

Dissophora ''Dissophora'' is a genus of fungi in the Mortierellaceae family of the Zygomycota. The genus is widespread in north temperate regions and contains three species. ''Dissophora'' was circumscribed by American mycologist Roland Thaxter Roland Th ...

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Gamsiella ''Gamsiella'' is a fungal genus in the Mortierellaceae family of the Zygomycota. The genus is monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is on ...

'' - 1 sp. * ''

Lobosporangium ''Lobosporangium'' is a fungal genus in the Mortierellaceae family of the Zygomycota. The genus is monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species ...

'' - 1 sp. * ''

Modicella ''Modicella'' is a genus of fungi in the Mortierellaceae in the family of the Mucoromycota. It was formerly in the family Zygomycota Zygomycota, or zygote fungi, is a former division or phylum of the kingdom Fungi. The members are now par ...

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Mortierella ''Mortierella'' species are soil fungi belonging to the order Mortierellales within the subphylum Mortierellomycotina (phylum: Mucoromycota). The widespread genus contains about 85 species. Taxonomy The genus name of ''Mortierella'' is in hon ...

'' - 120 sp.

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* https://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/214503 Zygomycota Fungus orders {{Zygomycota-stub

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