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]

Ugola
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Ugola

Type species
Ugola physaroides
Species

U. baryana
U. physaroides
U. praticola

References

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  1. ^ Adanson M. (1763). Familles des plantes (in French). Vol. 2. Paris, France: Vincent. p. 5.
  2. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 711. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  3. ^ Redhead SA, Seifert KA (2001). "Asterophora Ditmar ex Link 1809 versus Nyctalis Fries 1825, and the status of Ugola Adanson 1763". Taxon. 50 (1): 243–68. doi:10.2307/1224526. JSTOR 1224526. (subscription required)