Ugola
Encyclopedia
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. The three fungi in the genus are anamorphs
of species of Asterophora
, a genus of fungi that are parasitic
on other mushrooms.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of fungi in the Lyophyllaceae
Lyophyllaceae
The Lyophyllaceae are a family of fungi in the Agaricales order. The family contains 8 genera and 157 species....
family. The genus was first described scientifically by the French naturalist Michel Adanson
Michel Adanson
Michel Adanson was a French naturalist of Scottish descent.Adanson was born at Aix-en-Provence. His family moved to Paris on 1730. After leaving the College Sainte Barbe he was employed in the cabinets of R. A. F. Reaumur and Bernard de Jussieu, as well as in the Jardin des Plantes. At the end of...
in his 1763 Familles des Plantes. The three fungi in the genus are anamorphs
Teleomorph, anamorph and holomorph
The terms teleomorph, anamorph, and holomorph apply to portions of the life cycles of fungi in the phyla Ascomycota and Basidiomycota.*Teleomorph: the sexual reproductive stage , typically a fruiting body....
of species of Asterophora
Asterophora
Asterophora is a genus of fungi that grow as parasites on mushrooms. The genus contains three species, which have a widespread distribution, especially in temperate areas.Asterophora species are characterized by the massive production of chlamydospores in their fruit bodies and by the production of...
, a genus of fungi that are parasitic
Parasitism
Parasitism is a type of symbiotic relationship between organisms of different species where one organism, the parasite, benefits at the expense of the other, the host. Traditionally parasite referred to organisms with lifestages that needed more than one host . These are now called macroparasites...
on other mushrooms.