Utharomyces

Utharomyces is a fungal genus in the family Pilobolaceae. The genus is monotypic, containing the single coprophilous (dung-loving) species Utharomyces epallocaulus, which is widely distributed in subtropical regions.^[1] Utharomyces was circumscribed by the Dutch botanist Karel Bernard Boedijn in 1958.^[2] U. epallocaulus has been collected in Bahamas, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Mexico, China, and the United States.^[3]

Utharomyces
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Mucoromycota
Class:	Mucoromycetes
Order:	Mucorales
Family:	Pilobolaceae
Genus:	Utharomyces Boedijn (1958)
Type species
Utharomyces epallocaulus Boedijn ex P.M.Kirk & Benny (1980)