Dicranophora (fungus)

For the insect genus, see Dicranophora (fly).

Dicranophora
Dicranophora fulva on Suillus bovinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Zygomycota
Class:	Zygomycetes
Order:	Mucorales
Family:	Mucoraceae
Genus:	Dicranophora J.Schröt. (1886)
Type species
Dicranophora fulva J.Schröt. (1886)
Species
D. fulva D. paradoxa

Dicranophora is a genus of two mold species in the family Mucoraceae. It was circumscribed by German mycologist Joseph Schröter in 1886.^[1] The type species is Dicranophora fulva, a yellow mold that grows on the fruit bodies of bolete mushrooms.^[2]

References

1. Schröter J. (1886). "Über die auf Hutpilzen verkommenden Mucorineen". Juhresbericht der Schlesischen Gesellschaft für vaterlandische Culture (in German). 64: 183–85.
2. Volgmayr H, Krisai-Greilhuber I. (1996). "Dicranophora fulva, a rare mucoraceous fungus growing on boletes". Mycological Research. 100 (5): 583–90. doi:10.1016/S0953-7562(96)80012-8.

External links

• Dicranophora (fungus) in Index Fungorum