''Absidia'' 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 below family. In binomial n ...

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 can cause phycomycosis.

Taxonomy

The genus was first described in 1878 by

Philippe Édouard Léon Van Tieghem Philippe Édouard Léon Van Tieghem (; 19 April 1839 – 28 April 1914) was a French botanist born in Baillleul in the département of Nord. He was one of the best known French botanists of the latter nineteenth century. Life Van Tieghem's ...

Species

The genus includes the following species: * ''

Absidia aegyptiaca ''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 ...

'' * '' Absidia anomala'' * ''

Absidia atrospora ''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 ...

'' * '' Absidia caerulea'' * ''

Absidia californica ''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 ...

'' * '' Absidia clavata'' * '' Absidia cuneospora'' * ''

Absidia cylindrospora ''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 ...

'' * '' Absidia dubia'' * '' Absidia fassatiae'' * '' Absidia glauca'' * '' Absidia griseola'' * '' Absidia heterospora'' * '' Absidia idahoensis'' * '' Absidia inflata'' * '' Absidia macrospora'' * '' Absidia narayanai'' * '' Absidia pseudocylindrospora'' * '' Absidia psychrophilia'' * '' Absidia reflexa'' * '' Absidia repens'' * ''

Absidia spinosa ''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 ...

'' * ''

Absidia tuneta ''Absidia'' is a genus of zygomycota, 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 Composting, compost heaps. Some ...

'' * '' Absidia ushtrina''

Synonyms

''Absidia corymbifera'' is a synonym for ''

Lichtheimia corymbifera ''Lichtheimia corymbifera'' is a thermophilic fungus in the phylum Zygomycota. It normally lives as a saprotrophic mold, but can also be an opportunistic pathogen known to cause pulmonary, CNS, rhinocerebral, or cutaneous infections in animals a ...

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References

External links

Genus ''Absidia'' account

Doctor Fungus fact sheet

Mycology Online: ''A. corymbifera''
Zygomycota genera Cunninghamellaceae Taxa named by Philippe Édouard Léon Van Tieghem Taxa described in 1878 {{Zygomycota-stub