Bauerago

Bauerago is a genus of fungi found in the family Microbotryaceae. It contained 9 species before being reduced to 5 species.

Bauerago
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
Species
See text.

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