Mortierella
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Mortierella species are soil fungi belonging to the order Mortierellales within the subphylum Mortierellomycotina. The widespread genus contains about 85 species.
Mortierella.Yosemite
This is a culture of Mortierella, which is a zygomycete. The view is from the bottom to demonstrate the zonate growth that is characteristic of this genus.
Branched mito-sporangiophores
Unbranched mito-sporangiophores
Zygomycota
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Zygomycota, or zygote fungi, is a former division or phylum of the kingdom Fungi. The members are now part of two phyla: the Mucoromycota and Zoopagomycota. Approximately 1060 species are known. They
Mortierella
…Mucor-zygospores. Sometimes sexual structures are embedded in loosely arranged hyphal networks. Metabolism This is a culture of Mortierella, which is a zygomycete. The view is from the bottom to demonstrate the zonate growth that is characteristic of this genus. Mortierella can grow on yeast extract, fish meal…
Phycomyces
An immature zygosporangium of the Rhizopus fungus forming from two fused gametangia, showing a "yoke" shape.
Detail of sporangia of a Mucorales fungi species growing on a peach.