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Mortierella

Mortierella is a genus of Fungi within the Mucorales. Small sporangia, (perhaps sporangiola), in which columella are absent, instead being borne on awl-shaped sporangiospores.Chlamydospores are often present as well.Zygospores are, when present, distinctively shaped with a smooth or dimpled texture, with a hyaline, or clear, nature. Held by heterogamous suspensors.Are commonly found as psychrophilic, or "cold-loving" soil saprobes

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