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