Kingdom Fungi Genus Mucor Phylum Zygomycota Rank Species Subclass Incertae sedis | Family Mucoraceae Scientific name Mucor hiemalis Higher classification Mucor Order Mucorales | |
Similar Mucor, Zygomycota, Mucor circinelloides, Mucorales, Mucor racemosus | ||
Morphology and cell structure
M. hiemalis grows in expanding gray colonies. It grows branched sporangiophores that yielding yellow to dark brown sporangia which can mate to form black-brown, spiny zygospores.
Physiology
M. hiemalis is nitrate positive and requires thiamin to grow.
References
Mucor hiemalis Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA