Basidiobolus
{{Short description|Genus of fungi}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Basidiobolus (257 20).jpg
| image_caption = Basidiobolus ranarum
| taxon = Basidiobolus
| authority = Eidam
| type_species = Basidiobolus ranarum
| type_species_authority = Eidam
}}
Basidiobolus is a fungus genus.{{GBIF |taxon=Basidiobolus Eidam |id=2558164 |access-date=22 February 2024}} It was circumscribed by the mycologist {{ill|Eduard Eidam|de}} in 1886, with Basidiobolus ranarum assigned as the type species.{{cite journal |last1=Eidam |first=E. |year=1886 |title=Basidiobolus, eine neue Gattung der Entomophthoraeeen |trans-title=Basidiobolus, a new genus of the Entomophthoraceae |journal=Beiträge zur Biologie der Pflanzen |volume=4 |pages=181–251 |language=de}}
Species
{{linked specieslist|
Basidiobolus haptosporus|Drechsler|
Basidiobolus heterosporus|Sriniv. & Thirum.|
Basidiobolus hominis|Casagrandi|
Basidiobolus lacertae|Eidam|
Basidiobolus magnus|Drechsler|
Basidiobolus meristosporus|Drechsler|
Basidiobolus microsporus| R.K.Benj.|
Basidiobolus minor|(Sriniv. & Thirum.) Al-Hatmi, Sand.-Den. & de Hoog|
Basidiobolus myxophilus|R.E. Fr.|
Basidiobolus omanensis|Al-Hatmi, Sand.-Den., Balkhair, Al-Adawi & de Hoog|
Basidiobolus philippinensis|Josue & Quimio|
Basidiobolus ranarum|Eidam
}}