*Sporotrichum* is a genus of lower fungi from the class zygomycetes (or simply zygospores), consisting of about 80 species, among which widespread soil inhabitants predominate. All of them are obligate saprophytes (they live in the soil, never forming on plants). Among them there are species with well-defined fruiting bodies; they make up 2-4% of all species, the rest are amoeba-like, almost shapeless accumulations of hyphae, the spores and conidia of which are carried through the air and often cause contagious diseases. Many types of products