See text Absidia is a genus of fungi in the family Cunninghamellaceae.
[1] 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.
[2] The genus was first described in 1878 by Philippe Édouard Léon Van Tieghem.
[1][3] The genus includes the following species: Absidia corymbifera is a synonym for Lichtheimia corymbifera.