Mucoromycota
Mucoromycotina is a subphylum of uncertain placement in Fungi. It was considered part of the phylum Zygomycota, but recent phylogenetic studies have shown that it was polyphyletic and thus split into several groups, it is now thought to be a paraphyletic grouping. Mucoromycotina is currently composed of 3 orders, 61 genera, and 325 species. Some common characteristics seen throughout the species include: development of coenocytic mycelium, saprotrophic lifestyles, and filamentous.
With the treatment of Tedersoo et al. 2018, Mucoromycotina is the only subphylum under Mucoromycota. It includes a diverse group of various molds, including the common bread molds Mucor and Rhizopus. The other treatment of Mucoromycota is equivalent to current Mucoromyceta.
4 branches of this phylum, most-observed first
Mucoromycetes
classMucoromycetes
Endogonomycetes
classEndogonomycetes
Umbelopsidomycetes
classUmbelopsidomycetes
Planticonsortium
genusPlanticonsortium
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1094433.