Modicella
Modicella malleola from California
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Zygomycota
Subdivision:
Mucoromycotina
Order:
Mortierellales
Family:
Mortierellaceae
Genus:
Modicella

Kanouse (1936)
Type species
Modicella malleola
(Harkn.) Gerd. & Trappe (1974)
Species

M. albostipitata
M. malleola
M. reniformis

Modicella is a genus of fungi in the Mortierellaceae in the family of the Mucoromycota. It was formerly in the family Zygomycota. The genus contains two species found in North and South America[1] and one in New Zealand.

References

  1. ↑ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 439. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.


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