Mucor plumbeus. [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria].
Abstract A description is provided for Mucor plumbeus. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: From grain and soil. DISEASE: None as a primary pathogen of plants; encountered as a secondary invader or as a saprobe. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Algeria, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Colombia, former Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Israel, Kenya, Libya, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway, Panama, Poland, Portugal, South Africa, Switzerland, Uganda, USA (California, New Jersey, New York, Michigan, Pennsylvania), former USSR, former Yugoslavia, Zaire, Zimbabwe. TRANSMISSION: Movement of soil, or water-borne dispersal of sporangiospores.