Cunninghamella
genus of fungi
Cunninghamella is a genus of fungi in the order Mucorales, and the family Cunninghamellaceae. The genus was circumscribed by French mycologist Alphonse Louis Paul Matruchot in Ann. Mycol. Vol.1 on page 47 in 1903.
The genus name of Cunninghamella is in honour of David Douglas Cunningham (1843–1914), who was a Scottish doctor and researcher who worked extensively in India on various aspects of public health and medicine.
Species
As of 2015, Index Fungorum lists 13 valid species of Cunninghamella:
Cunninghamella bertholletiae
Cunninghamella binarieae R.Y.Zheng 2001
Cunninghamella blakesleeana
Cunninghamella candida Yosh.Yamam. 1929
Cunninghamella clavata R.Y.Zheng & G.Q.Chen 1998
Cunninghamella echinulata (Thaxt.) Thaxt. ex Blakeslee 1905
Cunninghamella elegans Lendn. 1905
Cunninghamella homothallica Komin. & Tubaki 1952
Cunninghamella intermedia K.B.Deshp.
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