A new species of the genus Absidia, A. fassatiae, is described based on a culture isolated from a soil sample in Bohemia by O. Fassatiová. The species is characterized by cylindrical sporangiospores and differs from A. heterospora and other similar species in morphological and growth characteristics.
Váňová M. (1971): Contribution to the taxonomy of the genus Absidia (Mucorales) III. Absidia fassatiae spec. nov. – Česká Mykologie 25(3): 173–176.