# Absidia

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Genus of fungi

Absidia Mature, blue-stained sporangium of an Absidia mold viewed with a light microscope Scientific classification Kingdom: Fungi Division: Mucoromycota Class: Mucoromycetes Order: Mucorales Family: Cunninghamellaceae Genus: Absidia Tiegh. (1878) Type species Absidia reflexa Tiegh. Species See text

***Absidia*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of [fungi](/source/Fungi) in the family [Cunninghamellaceae](/source/Cunninghamellaceae).[1] *Absidia* species are ubiquitous in most environments where they are often associated with warm decaying plant matter, such as [compost heaps](/source/Composting). Some species in the genus can cause [phycomycosis](/source/Phycomycosis).[2]

## Taxonomy

The genus was first described in 1878 by [Philippe Édouard Léon Van Tieghem](/source/Philippe_%C3%89douard_L%C3%A9on_Van_Tieghem).[1][3]

### Species

The genus includes the following species:

- *[Absidia aegyptiaca](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Absidia_aegyptiaca&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Absidia anomala](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Absidia_anomala&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Absidia atrospora](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Absidia_atrospora&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Absidia caerulea](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Absidia_caerulea&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Absidia californica](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Absidia_californica&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Absidia clavata](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Absidia_clavata&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Absidia cuneospora](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Absidia_cuneospora&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Absidia cylindrospora](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Absidia_cylindrospora&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Absidia dubia](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Absidia_dubia&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Absidia fassatiae](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Absidia_fassatiae&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Absidia glauca](/source/Absidia_glauca)*

- *[Absidia griseola](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Absidia_griseola&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Absidia heterospora](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Absidia_heterospora&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Absidia idahoensis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Absidia_idahoensis&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Absidia inflata](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Absidia_inflata&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Absidia macrospora](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Absidia_macrospora&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Absidia narayanai](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Absidia_narayanai&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Absidia pseudocylindrospora](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Absidia_pseudocylindrospora&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Absidia psychrophilia](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Absidia_psychrophilia&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Absidia reflexa](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Absidia_reflexa&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Absidia repens](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Absidia_repens&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Absidia spinosa](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Absidia_spinosa&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Absidia tuneta](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Absidia_tuneta&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Absidia ushtrina](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Absidia_ushtrina&action=edit&redlink=1)*

### Synonyms

*Absidia corymbifera* is a synonym for *[Lichtheimia corymbifera](/source/Lichtheimia_corymbifera)*.

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:0_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:0_1-1) Kirk, Paul. ["Absidia"](http://www.indexfungorum.org/names/NamesRecord.asp?RecordID=20001). *Index Fungorum*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20160304212053/http://www.indexfungorum.org/Names/NamesRecord.asp?RecordID=20001) from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 9 September 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** *Concise medical dictionary*. Martin, E. A. (Elizabeth A.) (8th ed.). [Oxford]: Oxford University Press. 2010. p. 224. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-19-172701-6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-172701-6). [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [894628585](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/894628585).{{[cite book](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_book)}}: CS1 maint: others ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_others))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [van Tieghem, P.E.L.](/source/Philippe_%C3%89douard_L%C3%A9on_Van_Tieghem) (1878), ["Troisième mémoire sur les mucorinées"](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42631242), *Annales des Sciences Naturelles Botanique*, Série 6, **4**: 350

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[Wikispecies](/source/Wikispecies) has information related to ***[Absidia](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Search/Absidia)***.

- [Genus *Absidia* account](http://zygomycetes.org/index.php?id=108)

- [Doctor Fungus fact sheet](https://web.archive.org/web/20130503215309/http://doctorfungus.org/thefungi/absidia.php)

- [Mycology Online: *A. corymbifera*](https://web.archive.org/web/20070920092110/http://www.mycology.adelaide.edu.au/Fungal_Descriptions/Zygomycetes/Absidia/)

Taxon identifiers Absidia Wikidata: Q4386113 Wikispecies: Absidia AusFungi: 60015778 BOLD: 566563 EoL: 23125 EPPO: 1ABSIG GBIF: 2558224 iNaturalist: 552980 IndexFungorum: 20001 IRMNG: 1274342 MycoBank: 20001 NBN: BMSSYS0000000010 NCBI: 4828 NZOR: 9ad57745-9881-47b2-bc5b-f4db6a7b6870 Open Tree of Life: 167430 SpeciesFungorum: 20001 WoRMS: 100255

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