Mortierella polycephala
| Mortierella polycephala | |
|---|---|
| UAMH 1152 grown on oatmeal agar at 25 C for 66 days | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Phylum: | Mortierellomycota |
| Class: | Mortierellomycetes |
| Order: | Mortierellales |
| Family: | Mortierellaceae |
| Genus: | Mortierella |
| Species: | M. polycephala |
| Binomial name | |
| Mortierella polycephala Coemans (1863) | |
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Mortierella polycephala is a saprotrophic fungus with a wide geographical distribution occurring in many different habitats from soil and plants to salt marshes and slate slopes. It is the type species of the genus Mortierella, and was first described in 1863 by Henri Coemans. A characteristic feature of the fungus is the presence of stylospores, which are aerial, spiny resting spores (chlamydospores).