Mortierella polycephala

Mortierella polycephala
UAMH 1152 grown on oatmeal agar at 25 C for 66 days
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Mucoromycota
Class: Mortierellomycetes
Order: Mortierellales
Family: Mortierellaceae
Genus: Mortierella
Species:
M. polycephala
Binomial name
Mortierella polycephala
Coemans (1863)
Synonyms
  • Mortierella vantieghemi Bachmann (1900)
  • Mortierella vantieghemii Bachmann (1900)
  • Mortierella raphani Dauphin (1908)

Mortierella polycephala is a saprotrophic fungus[1] with a wide geographical distribution[2] occurring in many different habitats from soil and plants to salt marshes and slate slopes.[2] It is the type species of the genus Mortierella,[3] and was first described in 1863 by Henri Coemans.[4] A characteristic feature of the fungus is the presence of stylospores, which are aerial, spiny resting spores (chlamydospores).[5]

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