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== Background ==

* Genus of dematiaceous molds within the order [[Mucorales]]

=== Microbiology ===

*Macroscopic:
**Very rapid growth
**Wooly texture
**Greyish-brown colour on the surface, reverse pale
*Microscopic:
**Broad hyphae, scarcely septate
**Branched sporangiophores
**Sporangia with columellas
**No apophysis (funnel-shaped swelling)
**Sporangiospores round to ellipsoidal
**Chlamydospores present
**Rhizoids/stolons absent
*Temperature:
**Grows at 37ºC
**DOES NOT grow at 54ºC

=== Clinical Manifestations ===

* Agent of [[mucormycosis]], usually in the severely ill

[[Category:Mucorales]]
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