Basionym: Mucor sphaerosporus Hagem, Untersuchungen uber norwegische Mucorineen I, P. 22. 1908.
Description：
Colonies pale-yellow, up to 1 mm in height, filling Petri dish at 20°C in 5 days; sporagniophores erect, 5.0-10.0 μm in diam, branched repeatedly or sympodially, very short arising from the substrate; sporangia globose, white or pale-yellow at first then gray black to black at maturity, tall sporangia 70.0-80.0 μm in diam, short sporangia 40-55 μm in diam, walls of sporangia slowly diffluent, persistent, incrusted; columellae globose to ellipsoidal or obovoid, usually with truncate base and collars, 10.0-25.0 v 15.5-27.5 μm, faintly; sporangiospores mostly globose or ovoid, 3.9-4.9 s 3.9-5.9 μm; growth from 5°C to 37°C, optimum growth temperature at 20°C to 30°C, sporulation from 10°C to 30°C.
Specimens：
BCRC 32490, from soil, Taiwan, Taipei.
Habitat：
wood, wood block in cellar, soil, dung of mouse, storage rot in Cucurbita maxima, steamed sweet potato, sausage, 'Brühwurst', cheese, dung, soil, litter, salt marsh.
Distribution：
worldwide distribution.
References：
Domsch, KH et al. 1980; Liou, GY et al. 1993; Schipper, MAA 1976.
Provided：
C. Y. Chien and G. Y. Liou
Note：
This species is distinguished by repeated branching of the sporangiophore, smooth columellae and subglobose sporangiospores.
Phylum：Zygomycota >> Class： Zygomycetes >> Order： Mucorales 
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