12/Jul/2026, 8:30 AM
Tivoli elurajoon, Tallinn, Harju, Eesti
Urban buildings, Oaks park, on dog feces
59°26'30.7"N 24°46'60.0"E
🌡️ 21°C 🌤️ Passing clouds 💨 Wind 40° NE->SW, 9 km/h
Original Instagram postMucor mucedo
common pinmould
- Scientific identification
- Mucor mucedo Fresen.
- Family
- Mucoraceae
- Class
- Mucoromycetes
- Genus
- Mucor
Names across languages
- English: common pinmould
- German: Gemeiner Köpfchenschimmel
- Estonian: Harilik nutthallik
- Russian: Мукор обыкновенный
The scientific profile
From the latest record: 2026-07-12.
Sporangia
Terminal, globose, non-apophysate; white to yellowish when immature, becoming grey-brown to dark grey at maturity; borne on tall, erect sporangiophores with prominent columellae
Colony
Rapidly growing, cottony to fluffy, initially white, later grey
Description
Spore mass Grey-brown to dark grey or nearly black at maturity
Ecology
Saprobic on soil, dung, compost, decaying plant matter, stored grain, fruit and other moist organic substrates; widespread and often appearing under cool, humid conditions
Edibility
Inedible microscopic mould
Fruit body
Microscopic mould colony, often growing several centimetres high
Dimensions
Sporangia generally ~60–300 µm
Microscopy
Hyphae broad, coenocytic or sparsely septate; sporangiophores tall, simple or occasionally branched, lacking basal rhizoids; sporangia globose with a prominent columella and residual collarette; sporangiospores smooth, globose to slightly elongated, approximately 4–8 µm; heterothallic, producing dark, thick-walled, ornamented zygospores when compatible mating types meet
Overview
Common fast-growing pin mould forming tall white cottony colonies that darken as spherical grey-black sporangia mature
1850). Beitr. Mykol. 1: 7.
Field encounters
Source hashtags
#mucormucedo #mushroomphotos #fungi #macro #naturephotography #hongos #morchellaesculenta #morchella #yellowmorel #ümarmürkel #mürkel #pallohuhtasieni #speisemorchel #morchel #mushroomphoto #fungiphoto #fungimacro #seenefotod #pilzefotografieren #фотогрибов #sieniäkuvia #houby #mycology #fungistudy #mushroom #ascomycete #morel #pezizales #pilze
Back to the collection · Photography and field notes by @fungarium.info