The Mycotyphaceae are a
family
Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...
of fungi in 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.
Systematic ...
. Members of this family, rarely reported, are thought to be more common in warmer climates.
Description
Species in this family have sporangiola borne on dehiscent pedicels.
Systematics
The family comprises a single
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
with three species:
* ''
Mycotypha africana''
Novak & Backus, 1963
* ''
Mycotypha indica''
P.M. Kirk & Benny, 1985
* ''
Mycotypha microspora
''Mycotypha microspora'', also known as ''Microtypha microspora'', is a filamentous fungus in the division Zygomycota. It was discovered in a ''Citrus aurantium'' peel in 1932 by E. Aline Fenner, who proposed a new genus ''Mycotypha'' to accommod ...
''
Fenner, 1932 (generic
type species
In International_Code_of_Zoological_Nomenclature, zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the spe ...
)
References
External links
Index Fungorum
Zygomycota
{{Zygomycota-stub