Backusella | |
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Sporangium (i.e. a cluster of sporangiospores surrounding a columella (obscured in image by sporangiospores) subtended by a hypha) viewed with bright-field light microscope | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Mucoromycota |
Class: | Mucoromycetes |
Order: | Mucorales |
Family: | Backusellaceae K. Voigt & P.M. Kirk |
Genus: | Backusella Hesselt. & J.J. Ellis |
Type species | |
Backusella circina J.J. Ellis & Hesselt.
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Species | |
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Backusella is the sole genus of zygote fungi in the family Backusellaceae, which is classified in the order Mucorales.[1] Members of this genus have been often isolated from plant litter, from locations around the world.[2]
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