genus rhizopus

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   a genus of rot-causing fungi having columnar hemispherical aerial sporangia anchored to the substrate by rhizoids

   Broaderfungus genus

   Part ofMucoraceae

Questions about genus rhizopus

What does genus rhizopus mean?

genus rhizopus means "a genus of rot-causing fungi having columnar hemispherical aerial sporangia anchored to the substrate by rhizoids".

Is genus rhizopus a common word?

genus rhizopus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.