Mucorales

Sporangia only

 

Pilobolus

Black sporangium on swollen subsporangial vesicle; sporangia arising from dung; Pilobolaceae

Rhizopus

Ovoid sporangium with distinct columella and apohysis; Mucoraceae

Rhizopus

Columella exposed after sporangial wall dehisced. Small oval structures are spores; Mucoraceae

Mucor

Round sporangium with distinct columella and no apophysis; Mucoraceae

Mortierella:

Round sporangia at tip of sporangiophore; dome-shaped columella;

Mortierellaceae

Mortierella

Round sporangia at tip of sporangiophore; Mortierellaceae

Sporangia with sporangiola or Sporangiola or Merosporangia

Cokeromyces

Thamnidiaceae; sporangiola with appendages.

Cunninghamella

Pedicellate single-spored sporangiola borne from a vesicle; Cunninghamellaceae

Syncephaslastrum

Radially arranged merosporangia containing a single row of spores;

Thamnidium

sporangiola (actually on dichotomous branches); Thamnidiaceae

Thamnidium;

sporangiola (actually on dichotomous branches); Thamnidiaceae

 

  


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