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Mycaureola is a genus of fungi in the family Physalacriaceae of mushrooms. Circumscribed in 1922 by French mycologists René Maire and Émile Chemin, the genus is monotypic, containing the single species Mycaureola dilseae. The fungus is a parasite of the red algal species Dilsea carnosa, on which it causes circular necrotic lesions.

Taxonomy

Mycaureola indica was described in a 1957 publication, but the taxon was later transferred to the genus Polystigma as P. indicum. Molecular phylogenetics placed Mycaureola in the Physalacriaceae, occupying a subclade with species from the genera Rhizomarasmius, Gloiocephala, Xerula, and Oudemansiella.

References

1. Maire R, Chemin E (1922). "Un nouveau Pyrénomycète marin". Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences (in French). 175: 319–21.
2. Porter D, Farnham WF (1986). "Mycaureola dilseae, a marine basidiomycete parasite of the red alga, Dilsea carnosa". Transactions of the British Mycological Society. 87 (4): 575–82. doi:10.1016/s0007-1536(86)80098-5.
3. Chona BL, Kapoor JN (1956). "Notes on miscellaneous Indian fungi. IV". Indian Phytopathology. 9: 125–32.
4. "Mycaureola indica Chona, Munjal & J.N. Kapoor 1957". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2011-07-21.
5. Binder M, Hibbett DS, Wang Z, Farnham W (2006). "Evolutionary relationships of Mycaureola dilseae (Agaricales), a basidiomycete pathogen of a subtidal rhodophyte". American Journal of Botany. 93 (4): 547–56. doi:10.3732/ajb.93.4.547. PMID 21646215.

• Monotypic Basidiomycota genera
• Physalacriaceae