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== Background ==

* Species of dematiaceous mold within the order [[Mucorales]]

=== Microbiology ===

*Macroscopic:
**Very rapid growth
**Cottony texture
**White to grey on surface, reverse pale
*Microscopic:
**Broad hyphae, aseptate
**Branched sporangiophores terminating in a vesicle
**One spored sponrangioles formed on the denticles of the vesicle surface
*Temperature:
**Non-pathogenic forms will grow at 40ºC

== Clinical Manifestations ==

*Occasionally can cause pulmonary or disseminated [[mucormycosis]] in a severely ill patient
*Angioinvasive
*Likely the '''worst prognosis''' of all the [[Mucorales]]

[[Category:Mucorales]]
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