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]

Dicranophora
Dicranophora fulva on Suillus bovinus
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Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Mucoromycota
Class: Mucoromycetes
Order: Mucorales
Family: Mucoraceae
Genus: Dicranophora
J.Schröt. (1886)
Type species
Dicranophora fulva
J.Schröt. (1886)
Species

D. fulva
D. paradoxa

References

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  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 icon
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