Absidia
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| Absidia | |
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| Mature, blue-stained sporangium of an Absidia mold viewed with a light microscope | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Mucoromycota |
| Class: | Mucoromycetes |
| Order: | Mucorales |
| Family: | Cunninghamellaceae |
| Genus: | Absidia Tiegh. (1878) |
| Type species | |
| Absidia reflexa | |
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Absidia is a genus of fungi in the family Cunninghamellaceae.[1] 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.[2]
