Fungus
mucorales
Subclass of:
Fungi, Unclassified
Definitions related to mucorales:
  • An order of fungi in the subdivision Mucoromycotina. Mucorales species are typically fast-growing, with wide hyphae lacking septa; the hyphae may be simple or ramified and support sac-like sporangia filled with asexual sporangiospores. Many species are known to damage stored food, but others can cause mycosis, generally in patients already infected with other diseases.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • An order of zygomycetous fungi, usually saprophytic, causing damage to food in storage, but which may cause respiratory infection or MUCORMYCOSIS in persons suffering from other debilitating diseases.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
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