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Mycaureola dilseae Maire & Chemin (1922)
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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. [1] The fungus is a parasite of the red algal species Dilsea carnosa, on which it causes circular necrotic lesions. [2]
Mycaureola indica was described in a 1957 publication, [3] but the taxon was later transferred to the genus Polystigma as P. indicum. [4] Molecular phylogenetics placed Mycaureola in the Physalacriaceae, occupying a subclade with species from the genera Rhizomarasmius, Gloiocephala, Xerula, and Oudemansiella. [5]