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Bauerago

Bauerago is a genus of fungi found in the family Microbotryaceae. It contained 9 species before being reduced to 5 species.

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Bauerago
Two spores of B. vuyckii,
each some 14 μm across
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Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Microbotryomycetes
Order: Microbotryales
Family: Microbotryaceae
Genus: Bauerago
Vánky 1999
Species

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Bauerago is a genus of fungi found in the family Microbotryaceae. It contained 9 species before being reduced to 5 species.

The genus name of Bauerago is in honour of Robert Bauer (1950–2014), who was a German mycologist, specialising in rust (Uredinales) and smut (Ustilaginomycetes) fungi.1

The genus was circumscribed by Kálmán Géza Vánky in Mycotaxon vol.70 on pages 44 and 46 in 1999.

Species

As accepted by Species Fungorum;2

  • Bauerago abstrusa (Malençon) Vánky (1999)
  • Bauerago capensis (Reess) Vánky (1999)
  • Bauerago cyperi-lucidi (J. Walker) Vánky
  • Bauerago gardneri (McKenzie & Vánky) Vánky (1999)
  • Bauerago vuyckii (Oudem. & Beij.) Vánky (1999)

Former species;2

  • B. boliviana M. Piepenbr. (2002) = Kalmanago boliviana
  • B. combensis (Vánky) Denchev (2003) = Kalmanago combensis
  • B. commelinae (Kom.) Denchev (2003) = Kalmanago commelinae
  • B. tinantiae (J.C. Lindq.) Vánky (2009) = Kalmanago tinantiae
References

References

  1. Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  2. "Bauerago - Search Page". www.speciesfungorum.org. Species Fungorum. Retrieved 29 September 2022.