Synonymy:
Mucor microsporus (Tiegh.) Mig., Rabenh. Krypt.-Fl., Edn 2 (Leipzig) 3(1): 197 (1910)

Mucor rhizopodiformis Cohn, in Lichtheim, Z. klin. Med. 7: 140 (1884)
Rhizopus rhizopodiformis (Cohn) Zopf, in Schenk, Handb. Bot. 4: 587 (1890)
Rhizopus microsporus var. rhizopodiformis (Cohn) Schipper & Stalpers, Stud. Mycol. 25: 30 (1984)

Rhizopus cohnii Berl. & De Toni, in Berlese, De Toni & Fischer, Syll. Fung. (Abellini) 7(1): 213 (1888)

Rhizopus equinus Costantin & Lucet, Bull. Soc. Mycol. France 19(3): 202 (1903)

Rhizopus chinensis Saito, Centbl. Bakt. ParasitKde, Abt. I 13: 154 (1904)
Rhizopus microsporus var. chinensis (Saito) Schipper & Stalpers, Stud. Mycol. 25: 31 (1984)

Rhizopus oligosporus Saito, Centbl. Bakt. ParasitKde, Abt. II 14: 632 (1905)
Rhizopus microsporus var. oligosporus (Saito) Schipper & Stalpers, Stud. Mycol. 25: 31 (1984)

Rhizopus alpinus Peyronel, I germi astmosferici dei fungi con micelio, Diss. (Padova): 17 (1913)

Rhizopus chinensis var. rugosporus Nakaz., Ber. Versuchsstat. Naturwissensch. Formosa 2: 52 (1913)

Rhizopus oligosporus var. glaber Nakaz., Ber. Versuchsstat. Naturwissensch. Formosa 2: 47 (1913)

Rhizopus oligosporus var. glaber M. Yamaz., J. agric. Soc. Japan 193: 1014 (1918)

Rhizopus bovinus J.F.H. Beyma, Verh. K. Akad. Wet., eerste sectie 29: 238 (1931)

Rhizopus azygosporus G.F. Yuan & S.C. Jong, Mycotaxon 20(2): 398 (1984)
Rhizopus microsporus var. azygosporus (G.F. Yuan & S.C. Jong) Schwertz, Villaume, Decaris, Percebois & Mejean, in Zheng, Chen, Hunag & Liu, Can. J. Microbiol. 43(10): 972 (1997)
Rhizopus microsporus var. azygosporus (G.F. Yuan & S.C. Jong) R.Y. Zheng, in Zheng, Chen, Hunag & Liu, Sydowia 59(2): 327 (2007)

Rhizopus microsporus var. tuberosus R.Y. Zheng & G.Q. Chen, Mycotaxon 69: 183 (1998)

Position in classification:
Rhizopus, Rhizopodaceae, Mucorales, Incertae sedis, Mucoromycetes, Mucoromycota, Fungi

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