Family Record Details

Mucoraceae Dumort. [as 'Mucoreae'], Comment. Bot.: 69 (1822)

Description:
Sporangia columellate, specialized sporangiola absent; zygospores smooth to warty, borne on opposed, tongs-like or apposed, naked or appendaged suspensors; polyphyletic.

Type genus:
Mucor Fresen.

Editorial comment:
See Gray, Nat. arr. Brit. pl. 1: 549, 560 (1821), where the name was used in an uncertain rank.

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