Lobosporangium

Lobosporangium is a fungal genus in the Mortierellaceae family of the Zygomycota.[1] The genus is monotypic, containing the single species Lobosporangium transversale, found in the US and Mexico.[2]

Lobosporangium
electromicrograph of Lobosporangium transversalis
electromicrograph of Lobosporangium transversalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Zygomycota
Subdivision:
Mucoromycotina
Order:
Mortierellales
Family:
Mortierellaceae
Genus:
Lobosporangium

M.Blackw. & Benny (2004)
Type species
Lobosporangium transversale
(Malloch) M.Blackw. & Benny (2004)

References
  1. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 391. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  2. Benny GL, Blackwell M (2004). "Lobosporangium, a new name for Echinosporangium Malloch, and Gamsiella, a new genus for Mortierella multidivaricata". Mycologia. 96 (1): 143–9. doi:10.2307/3761995. JSTOR 3761995. PMID 21148836.
Lobosporangium transversalis


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