''Utharomyces'' is a fungal

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

in the family

Pilobolaceae The ''Pilobolaceae'' are a family of fungi in the Mucorales order. Generally, species in this family have a widespread distribution, although there are some that are restricted to tropical and subtropical regions. This family includes two genera: ...

. The genus is

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, containing the single coprophilous (dung-loving) species ''Utharomyces epallocaulus'', which is widely distributed in

subtropical The subtropical zones or subtropics are geographical zone, geographical and Köppen climate classification, climate zones immediately to the Northern Hemisphere, north and Southern Hemisphere, south of the tropics. Geographically part of the Ge ...

regions. ''Utharomyces'' was circumscribed by the Dutch botanist

Karel Bernard Boedijn Karel Bernard Boedijn (29 June 1893 – 29 August 1964) was a Dutch botanist and mycologist who made significant contributions to the study of tropical fungi in the Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia). After earning his doctorate from the ...

in 1958. ''U. epallocaulus'' has been collected in Bahamas, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Mexico, China, and the United States.

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Fungi of Africa Fungi of Asia Fungi of North America Taxa described in 1958 Monotypic fungus genera Zygomycota genera Taxa named by Karel Bernard Boedijn {{zygomycota-stub