Mucoromycota

Mucoromycota is a fungal phylum that includes pin molds such as Rhizopus and fungi that form arbuscular mycorrhizas with plants.

Fungi: Fungi are eukaryotic organisms that absorb nutrients and typically grow as yeasts or networks of hyphae. Mucoromycota is one lineage within the fungal kingdom.
Arbuscular mycorrhiza: An arbuscular mycorrhiza is a plant-root symbiosis in which fungi exchange mineral nutrients for plant carbon. Several mucoromycotan fungi form this nutrient-exchanging partnership.
Mycorrhizal inoculant: A mycorrhizal inoculant is material containing fungi intended to establish beneficial associations with plant roots. Arbuscular mycorrhizal members are studied and applied as crop-root inoculants.
Phylogenomics: Phylogenomics reconstructs evolutionary relationships using genome-scale data. Genome comparisons continue to refine relationships among mucoromycotan lineages.
Hypha: A hypha is a tubular filament that forms the body of many fungi. Many mucoromycotan molds grow as branching networks of hyphae.
Arbuscule: An arbuscule is a finely branched fungal structure inside a plant root cell that mediates nutrient exchange. These structures are characteristic interfaces in the phylum's arbuscular mycorrhizas.
Plant phosphorus nutrition: Plant phosphorus nutrition is the uptake and use of phosphorus needed for growth and metabolism. Mucoromycotan root symbionts can improve plant access to soil phosphorus.
Fungal evolution: Fungal evolution is the history of diversification and adaptation across the fungal kingdom. The phylum's changing classification reflects broader questions about fungal ancestry.
Mycelium: A mycelium is the interconnected mass of hyphae forming a fungus's vegetative body. The visible mold growth of many members is a mycelium.
Sporangium: A sporangium is a structure in which spores are produced and contained. Rhizopus and related molds disperse asexual spores from sporangia.

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