Favolaschia

{{Short description|Genus of fungi}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Favolaschia_calocera_California.jpg

| image_caption = Favolaschia calocera

| taxon = Favolaschia

| authority = (Pat.) Pat. (1892)

| type_species = Favolaschia gaillardii

| type_species_authority = (Pat.) Pat. (as 'gaillardi') (1895)

| synonyms_ref =

| synonyms =

• Laschia sect. Favolaschia Pat. (1887)
• Hologloea Pat. (1900)
• Porolaschia Pat. (1900)
• Mycomedusa R.Heim (1945)
• Mycomedusa R.Heim ex R.Heim (1966)

}}

Favolaschia is a genus of fungi in the family Mycenaceae. The genus has a widespread distribution, and contains about 50 species. Like the genus Favolus, the name is derived from the Latin favus meaning honeycomb, as the fungi with the large pores on the underside are resembling a honeycomb. The name was first published as a section of the obsolete genus Laschia, which was named after Wilhelm Gottfried Lasch (1787-1863), who was a German apothecary and botanist.{{cite web |title=Lasch, Wilhelm |url=https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/sfz48286.html|publisher=Deutsche Biografie (in German).|access-date=2020-12-30}}{{cite book | last=Burkhardt | first=Lotte | title=Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen |trans-title=Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names | publisher=Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin | year=2022 | isbn=978-3-946292-41-8 | url=https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2022|format=pdf |language=German |location=Berlin | doi=10.3372/epolist2022 | s2cid=246307410 |access-date=January 27, 2022}}