Type inference with curried functions

gistfile1.txt

scala> Some("yolo").fold(Nil)(List(_))
<console>:8: error: type mismatch;
 found   : List[String]
 required: scala.collection.immutable.Nil.type
              Some("yolo").fold(Nil)(List(_))
                                         ^

scala> Some("yolo").map(List(_)).getOrElse(Nil)
res1: List[String] = List(yolo)