Utharomyces

Utharomyces
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Zygomycota
Class: Mucoromycotina
Order: Mucorales
Family: Pilobolaceae
Genus: Utharomyces
Boedijn (1958)
Type species
Utharomyces epallocaulus
Boedijn ex P.M.Kirk & Benny (1980)

Utharomyces is a fungal genus in the Pilobolaceae family. The genus is monotypic, containing the single coprophilous (dung-loving) species Utharomyces epallocaulus, which is widely distributed in subtropical regions.[1] Utharomyces was circumscribed by the Dutch botanist Karel Bernard Boedijn in 1958.[2] U. epallocaulus has been collected in Bahamas, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Mexico, China, and the United States.[3]

References

  1. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 719. ISBN 9780851998268. 
  2. ^ Boedijn KB. (1958). "Notes of the Mucorales of Indonesia". Sydowia 12 (1–6): 321–62. 
  3. ^ Kirk PM, Benny GL. (1980). "The genus Utharomyces Boedijn (Pilobolaceae: Zygomycetes)". Transactions of the British Mycological Society 75 (1): 123–31. http://www.cybertruffle.org.uk/cyberliber/59351/0075/001/0123.htm.