Modicella is a genus of fungi in the family Mortierellaceae of the Mucoromycota. It was formerly in the division Zygomycota. The genus contains two species found in North and South America[1] and one in New Zealand.
| Modicella | |
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| Modicella malleola from California | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Mucoromycota |
| Class: | Mortierellomycetes |
| Order: | Mortierellales |
| Family: | Mortierellaceae |
| Genus: | Modicella Kanouse (1936) |
| Type species | |
| Modicella malleola (Harkn.) Gerd. & Trappe (1974)
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| Species | |
References
edit- ^ 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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