{{Short description|Family of fungi}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Cunninghamella echinulata01.jpg | image_alt = "Cunninghamella echinulata" | image_caption = ''[[Cunninghamella echinulata]]'' | taxon = Cunninghamellaceae | authority = [[Nikolai Aleksandrovich Naumov|Naumov]] ex [[R.K.Benj.]] (1959) | type_genus = ''[[Cunninghamella]]'' | type_genus_authority = [[Louis Matruchot|Matr.]] (1903) | synonyms = | synonyms_ref = | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = *''[[Absidia]]'' *''[[Chlamydoabsidia]]'' *''[[Cunninghamella]]'' *''[[Gongronella]]'' *''[[Halteromyces]]'' *''[[Hesseltinella]]'' }}
The '''''Cunninghamellaceae''''' are a [[Family (taxonomy)|family]] of [[fungus|fungi]] in the order [[Mucorales]].<ref name="urlCunninghamellaceae">{{cite web |url=https://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/4851 |title=Cunninghamellaceae |format= |website= |access-date=}}</ref>
==Taxonomy== At one time, this family contained four genera.<ref name=Ainsworth>Hesseltine C. W. & J. J. Ellis. 1973. Mucorales. ''in'': The Fungi: An Advanced Treatise. Volume 5B. A Taxonomic Review with Keys: Basidiomycetes and Lower Fungi. Academic Press. New York. pg. 187-217.</ref> At present, the number of genera in this family is under debate.<ref name=zygos>{{cite web | url=http://zygomycetes.org/index.php?id=42 | title=Zygomycetes: Cunninghamellaceae}}</ref> According to Benny and Alexopoulos, the family only contains the genus ''[[Cunninghamella]]''.<ref name=zygos /><ref name=Alex>Alexopoulos C. J., C. W. Mims, & M. Blackwell. 1996. Introductory Mycology. Fourth Edition. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.</ref> However, other (recent) authors have listed other genera, including ''[[Absidia]]'', ''[[Halteromyces]]'', and ''[[Hesseltinella]]''.<ref name=Walther>Walther, G., Pawlowska, J., Alastruey-Izquierdo, A., Wrzosek, M., Rodriguez-Tudela, J. L., Dolatabadi, S., ... & de Hoog, G. S. (2013). DNA barcoding in Mucorales: an inventory of biodiversity. Persoonia, 30(1), 11-47.</ref> The full list can be viewed at the webpage [http://zygomycetes.org/index.php?id=42 Cunninghamellaceae] maintained by Gerald L. Benny.
==Morphology== [[Hypha]]e are [[Coenocyte|coenocytic]] and produce [[sporangiophore]]s covered in [[calcium oxalate]]. Sporangiophores give rise to [[Pedicel (botany)|pedicellate]], unispored [[sporangium|sporangia]].<ref name=Alex /> In many cases, the wall of the sporangium and the spore have fused.<ref name=Ken>Kendrick, Bryce. 2000. The Fifth Kingdom. Third Edition. Focus Publishing & R. Pullins Company. Newburyport, MA.</ref> [[Zygospore]]s tend to be ornamented and reddish-brown with opposed [[suspensor]]s.<ref name=Alex />
==Ecology== ''Cunninghamella'' species are commonly encountered in forest soils, [[feces|dung]],<ref name=Alex /> and [[Nut (fruit)|nut]]s from the tropics.<ref name="Ainsworth"/> Species can be isolated using [[Czapek medium]] incubated for 3–4 days at 28-31C.<ref name=Guide>Mycology Guidebook Committee, Mycological Society of America. 1981. Mycology Guidebook. Editor: Russel B. Stevens. University of Washington Press Seattle, Washington.</ref> A few species are known [[human pathogen]]s.<ref name=Alex />
==References== {{Commons category|Cunninghamellaceae|''Cunninghamellaceae''}} {{Wikispecies|Cunninghamellaceae|''Cunninghamellaceae''}} {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://zygomycetes.org/index.php?id=42 Family page on Zygomycetes.org]
{{Fungi classification}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q5194359}}
[[Category:Cunninghamellaceae| ]] [[Category:Fungus families]]