''Mucor hiemalis'' is among the zygosporic fungi found in unspoiled foods. It has different industrial importance as biotransforming agents of pharmacological and chemical compounds.

Morphology and cell structure

''Mucor hiemalis'' grows in expanding gray colonies. It grows branched sporangiophores that yielding yellow to dark brown sporangia which can mate to form black-brown, spiny zygospores.

Physiology

''Mucor hiemalis'' is nitrate positive and requires thiamin to grow.

References

External links

Index Fungorum

USDA ARS Fungal Database
Fungal plant pathogens and diseases Mucoraceae Fungi described in 1903 Fungus species {{fungus-plant-disease-stub