The Mucoraceae are a

family Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...

fungi A fungus ( : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as a kingdom, separately from ...

of the order

Mucorales The Mucorales is the largest and best studied order of zygomycete fungi. Members of this order are sometimes called pin molds. The term mucormycosis is now preferred for infections caused by molds belonging to the order Mucorales. Systematics ...

, characterized by having the

thallus Thallus (plural: thalli), from Latinized Greek (), meaning "a green shoot" or "twig", is the vegetative tissue of some organisms in diverse groups such as algae, fungi, some liverworts, lichens, and the Myxogastria. Many of these organisms ...

not segmented or ramified.

Pathogen In biology, a pathogen ( el, πάθος, "suffering", "passion" and , "producer of") in the oldest and broadest sense, is any organism or agent that can produce disease. A pathogen may also be referred to as an infectious agent, or simply a germ ...

ic genera include ''

Absidia ''Absidia'' is a genus of zygote fungi in the family Cunninghamellaceae. ''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 ...

'', ''

Apophysomyces ''Apophysomyces'' is a genus of filamentous fungi that are commonly found in soil and decaying vegetation. Species normally grow in tropical to subtropical regions. The genus ''Apophysomyces'' historically was monospecific, containing only the t ...

'', ''

Mucor ''Mucor'' is a microbial genus of approximately 40 species of molds in the family Mucoraceae. Species are commonly found in soil, digestive systems, plant surfaces, some cheeses like Tomme de Savoie, rotten vegetable matter and iron oxide re ...

'', ''

Rhizomucor ''Rhizomucor'' is a genus of fungi A fungus ( : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are cla ...

'', and ''

Rhizopus ''Rhizopus'' is a genus of common saprophytic fungi on plants and specialized parasites on animals. They are found in a wide variety of organic substances, including "mature fruits and vegetables", jellies, syrups, leather, bread, peanuts, and ...

''. According to a 2008 estimate, the family contains 25 genera and 129 species.

Genera

The family consists of the following genera: * '' Actinomucor'' * ''

'' * '' Benjaminiella'' * '' Chaetocladium'' * ''

Circinella ''Circinella'' is a genus of fungi belonging to the family Syncephalastraceae. It was first described by Philippe Édouard Léon Van Tieghem Philippe Édouard Léon Van Tieghem (; 19 April 1839 – 28 April 1914) was a French botanist born i ...

'' * ''

Cokeromyces ''Cokeromyces recurvatus'' is a pathogenic fungus. Described as a new species in 1950, it was isolated from rabbit dung collected in Illinois. The genus name of ''Anzia'' is in honour of William Chambers Coker (1872 – 1953), was an American bot ...

'' * ''

Dicranophora ''Dicranophora'' is a genus of two mold species in the family Mucoraceae. It was circumscribed by German mycologist Joseph Schröter in 1886. The type species is '' Dicranophora fulva'', a yellow mold that grows on the fruit bodies of bolete ...

'' * '' Ellisomyces'' * ''

Helicostylum ''Helicostylum'' is a genus of two species of fungi in the family Mucoraceae The Mucoraceae are a family of fungi of the order Mucorales, characterized by having the thallus not segmented or ramified. Pathogenic genera include '' Absidia'', ' ...

'' * '' Hyphomucor'' * '' Kirkomyces'' * ''

'' * '' Parasitella'' * ''

Pilaira ''Pilaira'' is a genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and bel ...

'' * '' Pilophora'' * '' Pirella'' * ''

'' * '' Rhizopodopsis'' * ''

'' * '' Sporodiniella'' * '' Syzygites'' * ''

Thamnidium ''Thamnidium'' is a genus of fungi belonging to the family Mucoraceae. The genus was circumscribed in 1809 by Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link. ''Thamnidium'' molds are key participants in the aging process for dry aged beef, producing protease ...

'' * '' Thermomucor'' * '' Zygorhynchus''

References

Zygomycota Taxa named by Barthélemy Charles Joseph Dumortier {{Zygomycota-stub