A. elegans A. ossiformis A. trapeziformis A. variabilis Apophysomyces is a genus of filamentous fungi that are commonly found in soil and decaying vegetation.

However, its bell-shaped (although not conical) apophyses (outgrowth), the existence of its foot-cell like hyphal segment, rhizoids produced opposite to the sporangiophores upon cultivation on plain agar, the darker and thicker subapical segment, and inability to sporulate on routine culture media help in distinguishing Apophysomyces elegans.

[5][6][7] Reports of other mammals being infected are mostly restricted to captive species, but in 2021 a female lesser long-nosed bat was found with mucormycosis in the wild.

[8] Infection is usually acquired via traumatic implantations associated with soil or decaying vegetable matter (such as from accidental injuries or insect bites).

Invasive soft tissue infections can develop on burns or wounds which are contaminated by soil.