''Tolyposporium'' is a genus of

fungi A fungus ( : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as a kingdom, separately from ...

belonging to the family

Anthracoideaceae The Anthracoideaceae are a family of smut fungi in the order Ustilaginales. Collectively, the family contains 20 genera and 198 species. Anthracoideaceae was circumscribed by the Bulgarian mycologist Cvetomir M. Denchev in 1997. Genera *''Anthr ...

. The genus was described in 1887 by Woronin ex J.Schröt. The genus has

cosmopolitan distribution In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the world in appropriate habitats. Such a taxon, usually a species, is said to exhibit cosmopolitanism or cosmopolitism. The ext ...

. Species: * '' Tolyposporium ehrenbergii'' (J.G. Kühn) Pat., 1903

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q14949949 Ustilaginomycotina Basidiomycota genera Taxa named by Joseph Schröter