Phylum：Zygomycota　>>　Class： Zygomycetes　>>　 Order： Mucorales 
   
 
　BCRC Number： 32472      
   
　Scientific Name： Mucor recurvus var. indica
 
   
   
　Author：

Mucor recurvus Butler var. indica Baijal & Mehrotra, Sydowia 19: 207. 1965.
   
 
 
 
 
　Description： Colonies white, very dense, up to 2 mm in height, filling Petri dish at 20°C in 5 days; sporangiophores delicated, 5.0-8.8 μm in diam, branched monopodially, transitorily recurved when young, straight at maturity, some repeatedly branched, short, recurved side branches bearing sporangiola present when aging; sporangia globose, hyaline when young, yellow brown at maturity, 30-60 μm in diam, with diffluent or not diffluert spiny walls, 7.8-11.8 × 16.7-29.4 μm; columellae hyaline, applanate or conical, with yellowish granules, 12.5-18.8 × 15.0-22.5 μm; sporangiospores globose to broadly ellipsoidal, 6.9-14.7 × 10.8-17.6 μm (L/B=1.0-1.2); giant cells present; growth from 10℃ to 30°C, optimum growth temperature at 30°C, sporulation from 20°C℃ to 30°C.
 
 
 
 
 
　Specimens：

BCRC 32472, from dung of frog, Taiwan, Taipei.
 
 
 
　Habitat： dung of frog
 
 
 
　Distribution：

Taiwan, India.
 
 
 
　References：

Liou, GY et al. 1993.
   
   
   
　Provided：

C. Y. Chien and G. Y. Liou
 
 
　Note： This species can be recognized by having the sporangiophores which are at first bent, later erect and in having sporangiola with spiny walls present in aged cultures.