Mucor
Mucor is a microbial genus of approximately 6 species of moulds commonly found in soil, digestive systems, plant surfaces, some cheeses like tomme de savoie, rotten vegetable matter and iron oxide residue in the biosorption process.
30 branches of this genus, most-observed first
common pinmould
speciesMucor mucedo
Mucor hiemalis
speciesMucor hiemalis
Mucor racemosus
speciesMucor racemosus
Mucor circinelloides
speciesMucor circinelloides
Mucor plumbeus
speciesMucor plumbeus
Mucor saturninus
speciesMucor saturninus
Mucor piriformis
speciesMucor piriformis
Mucor griseocyanus
speciesMucor griseocyanus
Mucor pseudolusitanicus
speciesMucor pseudolusitanicus
Mucor variicolumellatus
speciesMucor variicolumellatus
Mucor caninus
speciesMucor caninus
Mucor laxorrhizus
speciesMucor laxorrhizus
Mucor abundans
speciesMucor abundans
Mucor bainieri
speciesMucor bainieri
Mucor exponens
speciesMucor exponens
Mucor guilliermondii
speciesMucor guilliermondii
Mucor tuberculisporus
speciesMucor tuberculisporus
Mucor juglandis
speciesMucor juglandis
Mucor mousanensis
speciesMucor mousanensis
Mucor strictus
speciesMucor strictus
Mucor murinus
speciesMucor murinus
Mucor taeniae
speciesMucor taeniae
Mucor echinatus
speciesMucor echinatus
Mucor ctenidius
speciesMucor ctenidius
Mucor luteus
speciesMucor luteus
Mucor variosporus
speciesMucor variosporus
Mucor tofus
speciesMucor tofus
Mucor cyanogenes
speciesMucor cyanogenes
Mucor megalocarpus
speciesMucor megalocarpus
Mucor ramosissimus
speciesMucor ramosissimus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 353051.