Family
Mucoraceae
Dicranophora fulva. Photo: (c) Christian Schwarz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
The Mucoraceae are a family of fungi of the order Mucorales, characterized by having the thallus not segmented or ramified. Pathogenic genera include Absidia, Apophysomyces, Mucor, Rhizomucor, and Rhizopus. According to a 2008 estimate, the family contains 25 genera and 129 species.