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Mucor piriformis (Mucor rot)

Synonyms: Hydrophora fischeri; Mucor alboater; Mucor pyriformis f. nanus; Mucor wosnessenskii

Wikipedia Abstract

Mucor piriformis is a plant pathogen that causes a soft rot of several fruits known as Mucor rot. Infection of its host fruits, such as apples and pears takes place post-harvest.
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Prey / Diet

Prunus persica (peach)[1]
Pyraria irregularis (Common apple)[1]
Pyrus communis (common pear)[1]
Ribes uva-crispa (European gooseberry)[1]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0