Absidia

{{Short description|Genus of fungi}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Mature_sporangium_of_a_Mucor_sp._fungus.jpg

| image_caption = Mature, blue-stained sporangium of an Absidia mold viewed with a light microscope

| taxon = Absidia

| authority = Tiegh. (1878)

| type_species = Absidia reflexa

| type_species_authority = Tiegh.

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = See text

}}

Absidia is a genus of fungi in the family Cunninghamellaceae.{{Cite web|url=http://www.indexfungorum.org/names/NamesRecord.asp?RecordID=20001|title=Absidia|last=Kirk|first=Paul|date=|website=Index Fungorum|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304212053/http://www.indexfungorum.org/Names/NamesRecord.asp?RecordID=20001 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |access-date=9 September 2019}} Absidia species are ubiquitous in most environments where they are often associated with warm decaying plant matter, such as compost heaps. Some species in the genus can cause phycomycosis.{{Cite book|title=Concise medical dictionary.|date=2010|publisher=Oxford University Press|others=Martin, E. A. (Elizabeth A.)|isbn=978-0-19-172701-6|edition=8th|location=[Oxford]|pages=224|oclc=894628585}}