Name:		Mucoraceae Dumort., Commentationes Botanicae (1822) page 69, 81 [basionym]
Synonym(s):		Absidiaceae Arx (1984)
Status:		Family
Taxonomic position:		Mucorales Fr. [Order] Mucoromycotina Benny [Subdivision / Subphylum] Zygomycota Moreau [Division / Phylum] Fungi R.T. Moore [Kingdom]
Constituent taxa:		Subfamilies / Genera Actinomucor Schostak. Ascidiophora Rchb. Ascophora Tode Backusella Hesselt. & J.J. Ellis Benjaminia Pidopl. & Milko Benjaminiella Arx Bulbothamnidium J. Klein Calyptromyces H. Karst. Chaetocladium Fresen. Chaetostylum Tiegh. & G. Le Monn. Chionyphe Thienem. Chlamydomucor Bref. Chordostylum Tode Circinella Tiegh. & G. Le Monn. Circinomucor Arx Circinumbella Tiegh. & G. Le Monn. Cokeromyces Shanor Crinofera Nieuwl. Dicranophora J. Schröt. Ellisomyces Benny & R.K. Benj. Glomerula Bainier Haynaldia Schulzer Helicostylum Corda Hydrophora Tode Hyphomucor Schipper & Lunn Kirkia Benny Kirkomyces Benny Lactomyces Boulanger Melidium Eschw. Mucedo Pers. Mucor P. Micheli Mucor Fresen. Parasitella Bainier Philophora Wallr. Pilaira Tiegh. Pirella Bainier Pleurocystis Bonord. Rhizopodopsis Boedijn Scitovszkya Schulzer Thamnidium Link Thelactis Mart. Zygorhynchus Vuill.
Cybertruffle Resources:		Cyberliber Cumulative Index Biological Records Database (4 records)
Links:		Fungal Databases [Systematic Botany and Mycology, USDA] Genbank Google images IMI [CABI Fungus Dried Reference Collection] Landcare [New Zealand] New York Botanic Garden [Virtual Fungus Dried Reference Collection]