Dicranophora

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]

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

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. open access


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