Table 1.

Medically important Mucorales as per the updated taxonomy

Previous nomenclature	Current nomenclature
Rhizopus oryzae	Rhizopus arrhizus (incl. var. delemar)
Rhizopus microsporus var. azygosporus, var. chinensis, var. oligosporus, var. rhizopodiformis, var. tuberosus	Rhizopus microsporus
Mucor circinelloides f. griseocyanus	Mucor griseocyanus
Rhizomucor regularior, Rhizomucor variabilis var. regularior	Mucor circinelloides
Mucor circinelloides f. janssenii	Mucor janssenii
Mucor circinelloides f. lusitanicus	Mucor lusitanicus
Rhizomucor variabilis	Mucor irregularis
Mucor ellipsoideus, Mucor circinelloides f. circinelloides	Mucor ardhlaengiktus
Absidia corymbifera, Mycocladus corymbifer	Lichtheimia corymbifera
Absidia ramosa, Mycocladus ramosus	Lichtheimia ramosa
Absidia corymbifera, Mycocladus corymbifer	Lichtheimia corymbifera
Absidia ornata	Lichtheimia ornata