Mortierella alpina Peyronel
(a pin mould)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Mortierella alpina (a pin mould)
Genus	Mortierella (a genus of pin moulds)
Family	MORTIERELLACEAE (a family of pin moulds)
Order	MORTIERELLALES (an order of pin moulds)
Class	ZYGOMYCETES (pin moulds)
Phylum	ZYGOMYCOTA (pin moulds)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Mortierella alpina is also a member of:
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Zygomycota)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Kirk, P.M.	1997	Mortierella alpina Peyronel	I.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 1302.

Mortierella alpina (a pin mould) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

ZYGOMYCOTA
(pin moulds)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Mortierella alpina (a pin mould)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Mortierella alpina (a pin mould)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Mortierella alpina is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)