Rhizopus niveus was originally isolated from Qū for Jiuniang manufactured in Hangzhou, China.

[3] The sporangiophores of Rhizopus niveus are rare, "do not grow well", and are usually either close to colorless or a pale yellowish-brown.

When formed, the sporangiophores have smooth walls, are circinate, and semi-circularly curve from the base.

[1] Spores of Rhizopus niveus may be faintly striated, or even lacking in striation, and are also usually elliptical shaped.

The turf Rhizopus niveus creates is white or pale yellow, with few sporangia.

[1] As a filamentous fungi, Rhizopus niveus naturally secretes high quantities of a number of varied enzymes.

Of them, two major forms, termed glucoamylase C and glucoamylase D exhibited specific activities of 8.55 and 9.23 units/mg protein, debranching activities of 0.46 and 0.40, isoelectric points of 8.45 and 9.1, carbohydrate contents of 14.9 and 12.7%, and hydrolysis limits of boiled soluble starch of 62% and 67%, respectively.

[10] Rhizopus niveus is among the principal producers of fungal microbial lipase in industry.