| Woldmaria | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Niaceae |
| Genus: | Woldmaria W.B.Cooke (1961) |
| Species: | W. filicina |
| Binomial name | |
| Woldmaria filicina (Peck) Knudsen (1996) | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
Woldmaria is a fungal genus in the family Niaceae. The genus is monotypic, containing the single species Woldmaria filicina, found in Europe and North America. [2] Woldmaria was described by William Bridge Cooke in 1961, with Woldmaria crocea as the type species; [3] it was subsequently moved into synonymy with W. filicina. [4] It is a species linked only to the fern Matteuccia struthiopteris , having basidiomes constituted by numerous brownish tubules growing at the base of the host plant.[ citation needed ]