Mucoromycotina
| Mucoromycotina | |
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| A sporangium of a Mucoralean fungus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Mucoromycota |
| Subdivision: | Mucoromycotina Benny |
| Orders | |
Mucoromycotina is a subdivision of Fungi of uncertain affinities.[1][2] It contains 3 orders, 61 genera, and 325 species.[3]
It includes the orders Endogonales, Mucorales, and Mortierellales.[4]
Mucoromycotina includes many of the model Zygomycetes. It includes many rapidly growing species. Most are saprobes, plant pathogens, and mycoparasites. Some induce human mycosis.
References
- ^ Hibbett DS, Binder M, Bischoff JF, et al. (May 2007). "A higher-level phylogenetic classification of the Fungi". Mycol. Res. 111 (Pt 5): 509–47. doi:10.1016/j.mycres.2007.03.004. PMID 17572334.
- ^ "Mucoromycotina". Retrieved 2009-03-07.
- ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford: CABI. p. 442. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Zygomycota". Retrieved 2009-03-07.
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