Mucoromycota

Mucoromycota is a division within the kingdom fungi.[1] They include a diverse group of various molds, including the common bread molds Mucor and Rhizopus.[2] It is a sister phylum to Dikarya.[3][4] It consists of mainly mycorrhizal fungi, root endophytes, and plant decomposers; Glomeromycotina, Mortierellomycotina, and Mucoromycotina.[3]

Mucoromycota
Mucor mucedo
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Subkingdom: Mucoromyceta
Division: Mucoromycota
Doweld
Subdivision

Mucoromycotina

  • Mortierella from Yosemite
  • Mucor

See also

References
  1. "Taxonomy browser (Mucoromycota)". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  2. Lee, Soo Chan; Idmurm, Alexander (2018). "8. Fungal sex: The Mucoromycota". In Heitman, Joseph; Howlett, Barbara J.; Crous, Pedro W.; Stukenbrock, Eva H.; James, Timothy Yong; Gow, Neil A. R. (eds.). The Fungal Kingdom. Wiley. pp. 177–192. ISBN 978-1-55581-958-3.
  3. Spatafora, Joseph W.; Chang, Ying; Benny, Gerald L.; Lazarus, Katy; Smith, Matthew E.; Berbee, Mary L.; Bonito, Gregory; Corradi, Nicolas; Grigoriev, Igor; Gryganskyi, Andrii; James, Timothy Y.; O'Donnell, Kerry; Roberson, Robert W.; Taylor, Thomas N.; Uehling, Jessie; Vilgalys, Rytas; White, Merlin M.; Stajich, Jason E. (September 2016). "A phylum-level phylogenetic classification of zygomycete fungi based on genome-scale data". Mycologia. 108 (5): 1028–1046. doi:10.3852/16-042. ISSN 0027-5514. PMC 6078412. PMID 27738200.
  4. Moore, David; Robson, Geoffrey D.; Trinci, Anthony P. J. (2020). "2.8. The fungal phylogeny". 21st Century Guidebook to Fungi (2nd ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 29–30. ISBN 978-1-108-74568-0.

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