Exoteliospora

Exoteliospora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Ustilaginomycetes
Order:	Ustilaginales
Family:	Melanotaeniaceae
Genus:	Exoteliospora; R. Bauer, Oberw. & Vánky 1999
Type species
	Exoteliospora osmundae; (Peck) R. Bauer, Oberw. & Vánky 1999
Synonyms
	Ustilago osmundae Peck, Bot. Gaz. 6(10): 276 (1881); Mycosyrinx osmundae (Peck) Sacc. & Trotter, Syll. fung. (Abellini) 23: 615 (1925); Ustilago osmundae var. cinnamomeae Peck, Bull. N.Y. St. Mus. 157: 43 (1912); Mycosyrinx osmundae var. cinnamomeae (Peck) Sacc. & Trotter [as 'osmundae-cinnamomeae'], Syll. fung. (Abellini) 23: 615 (1925);

The Exoteliospora is a monotypic, genus of smut fungi in the family Melanotaeniaceae which contains the single species Exoteliospora osmundae.

The species found on the fronds of Osmunda regalis in Vermont, USA was originally described and published as Ustilago osmundae by American mycologist Peck in 1881, before being renamed in 1999 by R. Bauer, Oberw. & Vánky.