Mucoraceae
Mucor ascheae Y.P.Tan, Bishop-Hurley & R.G.Shivas , legitimate, scientific
Tan, Y.P. & Shivas, R.G. (9 May 2023), Index of Australian Fungi 6: 6 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Australia, Queensland, Wallaman, as a contaminant from the basidiocarp of Leucocoprinus birnbaumii (Agaricaceae), 28 Apr. 2021, M.D.E. Shivas & R.G. Shivas (holotype BRIP 72394b permanently preserved in a metabolically inactive state)."
  • Text: identifier: IF 559478
  • Text: DNA sequence: from holotype: GenBank OQ917076 (ITS).
  • Etymology: "Named after Leila Valerie Asche (1927–2019), an Australian microbiologist, who was appointed Member of the Order of Australia 2001 for service to science and the community in the Northern Territory."
AusFungi (2023), AusFungi: - AFL [secondary reference]