taxonID	type	description	language	source
9DD6FFC59E1059D9AF8EC3F8BCBFE9CD.taxon	description	Fig. 2	en	Ji, Xin-Yu, Ding, Zi-Ying, Nie, Yong, Zhao, Heng, Wang, Shi, Huang, Bo, Liu, Xiao-Yong (2025): Unveiling species diversity within early-diverging fungi from China V: Five new species of Absidia (Cunninghamellaceae, Mucoromycota). MycoKeys 117: 267-288, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.117.149185
9DD6FFC59E1059D9AF8EC3F8BCBFE9CD.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The collariata (Lat.) refers to its long collars.	en	Ji, Xin-Yu, Ding, Zi-Ying, Nie, Yong, Zhao, Heng, Wang, Shi, Huang, Bo, Liu, Xiao-Yong (2025): Unveiling species diversity within early-diverging fungi from China V: Five new species of Absidia (Cunninghamellaceae, Mucoromycota). MycoKeys 117: 267-288, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.117.149185
9DD6FFC59E1059D9AF8EC3F8BCBFE9CD.taxon	description	Description. Colonies on PDA at 26 ° C for 5 days, reaching 68 mm in diameter, moderately fast growing with a rate of 13.6 mm / d, higher in the center than at margin, at first white, becoming grayish brown when mature, regular shape at reverse. Hyphae light-colored at first, becoming brown when mature, 4.7 – 9.4 µm (x – = 6.4 µm, n = 20) wide. Stolons branched, hyaline to light brown, smooth, septate, 5.1 – 6.3 µm (x – = 5.6 µm, n = 15) in diameter. Rhizoids well developed, root-like, branched. Sporangiophores growing on stolons, erect or slightly bent, mostly unbranched or simply branched, smooth, single or 2 – 4 in whorls, monopodial or sympodial, 21.7 – 213.5 × 2.3 – 5.4 µm (x – = 112.8 × 4.1 µm, n = 15). Sporangia globose to pyriform, smooth, hyaline, deliquescent-walled, 16.2 – 37.0 × 14.0 – 31.1 µm (x – = 24.2 × 23.2 µm, n = 15), and with a septum 8.8 – 17.9 µm (x – = 13.9 µm, n = 15) below apophyses; the septum is not obvious when young. Apophyses distinct, funnel-shaped, 6.0 – 9.5 µm (x – = 8.5 µm, n = 15) high, 5.1 – 8.8 µm (x – = 6.2 µm, n = 15) wide at the base, and 8.4 – 13.9 µm (x – = 10.7 µm, n = 15) wide at the top, darker brown when old. Collars present, obvious. Columellae nearly conical, sometimes subspherical to hemispherical, 8.1 – 13.8 × 7.7 – 14.9 µm (x – = 10.6 × 10.9 µm, n = 15). Projections absent or present, hyaline, single. Sporangiospores hyaline, smooth, mostly oval, 2.1 – 3.8 × 1.8 – 2.7 µm (x – = 3.1 × 2.3 µm, n = 20). Chlamydospores absent. Zygospores not found.	en	Ji, Xin-Yu, Ding, Zi-Ying, Nie, Yong, Zhao, Heng, Wang, Shi, Huang, Bo, Liu, Xiao-Yong (2025): Unveiling species diversity within early-diverging fungi from China V: Five new species of Absidia (Cunninghamellaceae, Mucoromycota). MycoKeys 117: 267-288, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.117.149185
794BA142C23B5F4D967D1F915419A3BB.taxon	description	Fig. 3	en	Ji, Xin-Yu, Ding, Zi-Ying, Nie, Yong, Zhao, Heng, Wang, Shi, Huang, Bo, Liu, Xiao-Yong (2025): Unveiling species diversity within early-diverging fungi from China V: Five new species of Absidia (Cunninghamellaceae, Mucoromycota). MycoKeys 117: 267-288, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.117.149185
794BA142C23B5F4D967D1F915419A3BB.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The hainanensis (Lat.) refers to Hainan Province of China, where the type was collected.	en	Ji, Xin-Yu, Ding, Zi-Ying, Nie, Yong, Zhao, Heng, Wang, Shi, Huang, Bo, Liu, Xiao-Yong (2025): Unveiling species diversity within early-diverging fungi from China V: Five new species of Absidia (Cunninghamellaceae, Mucoromycota). MycoKeys 117: 267-288, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.117.149185
794BA142C23B5F4D967D1F915419A3BB.taxon	description	Description. Colonies on PDA at 26 ° C for 5 days, reaching 75 mm in diameter, fast growing with a rate of 15 mm / d, at first white, becoming grayish-brown when old. Hyphae hyaline at first, becoming light brown when mature, 2.5 – 10.2 µm (x – = 5.2 µm, n = 20) in diameter. Rhizoids root-like, simply branched. Stolons hyaline, smooth, branched, 2.9 – 10.1 µm (x – = 6.1 µm, n = 15) in diameter. Sporangiophores erect or slightly bent, mostly unbranched or simply branched, smooth, monopodial or sympodial, single or 2 – 4 in whorls, 18.8 – 159.2 × 1.9 – 3.7 µm (x – = 75.4 × 2.8 µm, n = 15). Sporangia spherical to subspherical, smooth, hyaline, deliquescent-walled, 15.1 – 35.2 × 14.3 – 29.4 µm (x – = 24.2 × 22.1 µm, n = 15), and with a septum 11.5 – 24.2 µm (x – = 17.0 µm, n = 15) below apophyses. Apophyses obvious, funnel-shaped, 3.3 – 5.1 µm (x – = 4.6 µm, n = 15) high, 2.5 – 8.5 µm (x – = 4.3 µm, n = 15) wide at the base, and 7.5 – 17.4 µm (x – = 11.0 µm, n = 15) wide at the top, light brown, hyaline. Collars present. Columellae mostly oval, 3.9 – 13.9 × 8.6 – 19.5 µm (x – = 6.3 × 10.7 µm, n = 15). Projections absent or present, hyaline, single. Sporangiospores ovoid to cylindrical, smooth, hyaline, 3.1 – 3.7 × 1.9 – 2.5 µm (x – = 3.6 × 2.2 µm, n = 20). Chlamydospores absent. Zygospores not found.	en	Ji, Xin-Yu, Ding, Zi-Ying, Nie, Yong, Zhao, Heng, Wang, Shi, Huang, Bo, Liu, Xiao-Yong (2025): Unveiling species diversity within early-diverging fungi from China V: Five new species of Absidia (Cunninghamellaceae, Mucoromycota). MycoKeys 117: 267-288, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.117.149185
28DB24F4CF535C0A956D2E42209C3DDA.taxon	description	Fig. 4	en	Ji, Xin-Yu, Ding, Zi-Ying, Nie, Yong, Zhao, Heng, Wang, Shi, Huang, Bo, Liu, Xiao-Yong (2025): Unveiling species diversity within early-diverging fungi from China V: Five new species of Absidia (Cunninghamellaceae, Mucoromycota). MycoKeys 117: 267-288, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.117.149185
28DB24F4CF535C0A956D2E42209C3DDA.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The epithet pyriformis (Lat.) refers to the shape of the sporangia.	en	Ji, Xin-Yu, Ding, Zi-Ying, Nie, Yong, Zhao, Heng, Wang, Shi, Huang, Bo, Liu, Xiao-Yong (2025): Unveiling species diversity within early-diverging fungi from China V: Five new species of Absidia (Cunninghamellaceae, Mucoromycota). MycoKeys 117: 267-288, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.117.149185
28DB24F4CF535C0A956D2E42209C3DDA.taxon	description	Description. Colonies on PDA at 26 ° C for 5 days, attaining 76 mm in diameter, moderately fast growing with a rate of 15.2 mm / d, white at first, gradually light gray, irregularly at reverse. Hyphae branched, hyaline at first, sometimes brownish when mature, aseptate when juvenile, septate with age, 3.6 – 15.2 µm (x – = 6.3 µm, n = 20) wide. Stolons branched, hyaline, smooth, septate, 4.5 – 11.9 µm (x – = 6.9 µm, n = 15) in diameter. Rhizoids well developed, root-like, branched, tapering at the end. Sporangiophores arising from stolons, erect or slightly bent, 2 – 5 in whorls, monopodial, mostly unbranched or simply branched, smooth, 21.7 – 279.8 × 1.4 – 7.4 µm (x – = 97.9 × 4.4 µm, n = 15), with one septum 11.5 – 26.8 µm (x – = 18.5 µm, n = 15) below apophyses. Sporangia are mostly pyriform, deliquescent-walled, smooth, multi-spored, colorless when young, brownish when old, 11.7 – 38.8 × 11.0 – 29.7 µm (x – = 27.9 × 22.1 µm, n = 15). Apophyses distinct, subhyaline, usually brownish when old, 5.0 – 8.4 µm (x – = 7.0 µm, n = 15) high, 2.4 – 6.1 µm (x – = 4.4 µm, n = 15) wide at the base, and 8.9 – 19.2 µm (x – = 12.5 µm, n = 15) wide at the top. Collars distinct. Columellae hemispherical, subglobose to globose, smooth, subhyaline or brownish, 8.8 – 21.4 × 16.7 – 20.7 µm (x – = 10.9 × 16.7 µm, n = 15). Projections at the apex, when smaller, with an oval projection. Sporangiospores hyaline, smooth, almost cylindrical, 3.2 – 4.5 × 1.7 – 2.8 µm (x – = 3.9 × 2.2 µm, n = 20). Chlamydospores absent. Zygospores absent.	en	Ji, Xin-Yu, Ding, Zi-Ying, Nie, Yong, Zhao, Heng, Wang, Shi, Huang, Bo, Liu, Xiao-Yong (2025): Unveiling species diversity within early-diverging fungi from China V: Five new species of Absidia (Cunninghamellaceae, Mucoromycota). MycoKeys 117: 267-288, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.117.149185
0C92F09324E051BBB154B0292C9C8216.taxon	description	Fig. 5	en	Ji, Xin-Yu, Ding, Zi-Ying, Nie, Yong, Zhao, Heng, Wang, Shi, Huang, Bo, Liu, Xiao-Yong (2025): Unveiling species diversity within early-diverging fungi from China V: Five new species of Absidia (Cunninghamellaceae, Mucoromycota). MycoKeys 117: 267-288, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.117.149185
0C92F09324E051BBB154B0292C9C8216.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The epithet tardiva (Lat.) refers to this species growing more slowly than other strains.	en	Ji, Xin-Yu, Ding, Zi-Ying, Nie, Yong, Zhao, Heng, Wang, Shi, Huang, Bo, Liu, Xiao-Yong (2025): Unveiling species diversity within early-diverging fungi from China V: Five new species of Absidia (Cunninghamellaceae, Mucoromycota). MycoKeys 117: 267-288, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.117.149185
0C92F09324E051BBB154B0292C9C8216.taxon	description	Description. Colonies on PDA at 26 ° C for 4 days, reaching 41 mm in diameter, slow-growing with a rate of 10.25 mm / d; it begins white and gradually turns pale yellow to grayish-brown, irregular at reverse. Hyphae branched, hyaline at first, brownish when mature, 2.6 – 10.7 µm (x – = 5.6 µm, n = 20) in diameter, sometimes swollen. Stolons hyaline to brownish, smooth, branched, 3.7 – 8.4 µm (x – = 5.7 µm, n = 15) in diameter. Rhizoids not observed. Sporangiophores erect or slightly bent, single or 2 – 4 in whorls, unbranched or simply branched, monopodial or sympodial, with a septum 10.6 – 23.1 µm (x – = 13.8 µm, n = 15) below apophyses, 7.9 – 141.9 × 1.9 – 7.4 µm (x – = 70.7 × 4.2 µm, n = 15), sometimes with a swelling beneath sporangia. Sporangia subspherical to spherical, smooth, multi-spored, 12.9 – 48.3 × 9.3 – 34 µm (x – = 30.3 × 22.2 µm, n = 15), deliquescent-walled. Apophyses distinct, subhyaline, small, slightly pigmented, 3.2 – 10.4 µm (x – = 5.2 µm, n = 15) high, 2.9 – 7.2 µm (x – = 4.4 µm, n = 15) wide at the base, and 8.0 – 20.5 µm (x – = 13.2 µm, n = 15) wide at the top. Collars absent. Columellae hemispherical, subhyaline to hyaline, smooth, 2.9 – 13.8 × 4.9 – 16.3 µm (x – = 8.7 × 9.8 µm, n = 15). Projections present, shaped like a grain of rice. Sporangiospores variously shaped, mostly ovoid; a few are cylindrical or subglobose, smooth, hyaline, 3.4 – 4.6 × 2.1 – 2.8 µm (x – = 3.9 × 2.3 µm, n = 20). Chlamydospores absent. Zygospores not observed.	en	Ji, Xin-Yu, Ding, Zi-Ying, Nie, Yong, Zhao, Heng, Wang, Shi, Huang, Bo, Liu, Xiao-Yong (2025): Unveiling species diversity within early-diverging fungi from China V: Five new species of Absidia (Cunninghamellaceae, Mucoromycota). MycoKeys 117: 267-288, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.117.149185
5320FDCE5F065C53BD2F13E046DD1D8F.taxon	description	Fig. 6	en	Ji, Xin-Yu, Ding, Zi-Ying, Nie, Yong, Zhao, Heng, Wang, Shi, Huang, Bo, Liu, Xiao-Yong (2025): Unveiling species diversity within early-diverging fungi from China V: Five new species of Absidia (Cunninghamellaceae, Mucoromycota). MycoKeys 117: 267-288, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.117.149185
5320FDCE5F065C53BD2F13E046DD1D8F.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The tibetensis (Lat.) refers to the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, where the type was collected.	en	Ji, Xin-Yu, Ding, Zi-Ying, Nie, Yong, Zhao, Heng, Wang, Shi, Huang, Bo, Liu, Xiao-Yong (2025): Unveiling species diversity within early-diverging fungi from China V: Five new species of Absidia (Cunninghamellaceae, Mucoromycota). MycoKeys 117: 267-288, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.117.149185
5320FDCE5F065C53BD2F13E046DD1D8F.taxon	description	Description. Colonies on PDA at 26 ° C for 5 days, reaching 53 mm in diameter, slow-growing with a rate of 10.6 mm / d, white at first and gradually turning to light brown; the reverse side of the colony resembles a petal-shaped, regularly at reverse. Rhizoids root-like, always branched, with a septum at the top. Hyphae hyaline to slightly gray, 5.0 – 10.0 µm (x – = 7.1 µm, n = 20) in diameter, sometimes ampulliform-shaped swollen. Stolons hyaline, slightly brownish, branched, smooth, 3.2 – 11.0 µm (x – = 6.0 µm, n = 15) in diameter. Sporangiophores erect or slightly bent, unbranched or simple branched, smooth, single or 2 – 5 in whorls, monopodial or sympodial, 14.7 – 144.0 × 2.5 – 5.7 µm (x – = 78.2 × 4.0 µm, n = 15), sometimes with a swelling beneath sporangia. Sporangia globose to pyriform, smooth, multi-spored, deliquescent-walled, 11.0 – 30.2 × 11.1 – 26.6 µm (x – = 21.5 × 17.1 µm, n = 15), and with a septum 8.4 – 20.0 µm (x – = 15.6 µm, n = 15) below apophyses. Apophyses obvious, funnel-shaped, gradually widening from the base to the top, 2.5 – 9.6 µm (x – = 6.7 µm, n = 15) high, 3.2 – 8.3 µm (x – = 4.2 µm, n = 15) wide at the base, and 7.4 – 19.0 µm (x – = 11.2 µm, n = 15) wide at the top, hyaline, light brown. Collars absent or present. Columellae conical, nearly globose, occasionally oval, 8.5 – 19.9 × 10.1 – 16.5 µm (x – = 11.3 × 11.8 µm, n = 15). Projections present or absent, hyaline when present, needle-pointed. Sporangiospores smooth, hyaline, mostly oval, 2.6 – 3.9 × 1.6 – 2.4 µm (x – = 3.6 × 2.1 µm, n = 20). Chlamydospores absent. Zygospores not found.	en	Ji, Xin-Yu, Ding, Zi-Ying, Nie, Yong, Zhao, Heng, Wang, Shi, Huang, Bo, Liu, Xiao-Yong (2025): Unveiling species diversity within early-diverging fungi from China V: Five new species of Absidia (Cunninghamellaceae, Mucoromycota). MycoKeys 117: 267-288, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.117.149185
