Biology:Ugola

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Short description: Genus of fungi

Ugola
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Ugola

Type species
Ugola physaroides
Species

U. baryana
U. physaroides
U. praticola

Ugola is a genus of fungi in the Lyophyllaceae family. The genus was first described scientifically by the French naturalist Michel Adanson in his 1763 Familles des Plantes.[1] The three fungi in the genus are anamorphs of species of Asterophora,[2] a genus of fungi that are parasitic on other mushrooms.[3]

References

  1. Adanson M. (1763) (in French). Familles des plantes. 2. Paris, France: Vincent. p. 5. 
  2. Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. 2008. p. 711. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8. 
  3. "Asterophora Ditmar ex Link 1809 versus Nyctalis Fries 1825, and the status of Ugola Adanson 1763". Taxon 50 (1): 243–68. 2001. doi:10.2307/1224526.  (Subscription content?)

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