Absidia

A genus of fungi that may cause phycomycosis in humans.

A genus of nonseptate fungi in the class Zygomycetes. A. corymbifera (A. ramosa) causes bovine abortion resulting from a severe placentitis. Absidia spp. are also associated with zygomycosis, causing disease of the gastrointestinal tract, and less commonly oral cavity, larynx and subcutaneous tissue.