Mucorales (Pin moulds)
Mucorales is an order of mould-producing fungi and there are several hundred species in the order.
Asexual spores are produced in a ball-like sporangium, often black and held atop a colourless stem. This is very pin-like in appearance, hence the use of ‘Pin mould’ as a colloquial name for many of these fungi. Sporangia usually appear in large numbers and Pin moulds are found on a wide variety of hosts. They are fairly common on old, fleshy fungal fruit bodies (e.g. mushrooms).
Identification relies on microscopic features.
Mucorales is listed in the following regions:
Canberra & Southern Tablelands | South Coast | Riverina Murray | Hume
Species information
- Mucorales Scientific name
- Pin moulds Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 949.4m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
