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Coccomyces
Sign in to saveCoccomyces is a genus of ascomycete fungi in the family Rhytismataceae.
Species
Map Fungus
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumAscomycota
- ClassLeotiomycetes
- OrderRhytismatales
- FamilyRhytismataceae
Observations1,616
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 203
- With media
- 113
- Family
- Rhytismataceae
- Collections
- NY, UFPE, CUP, BPI, NCU, ILLS
- Recorded in
- Jamaica, United States, Brasil, Venezuela, Philippines, United Kingdom, Mozambique
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Rhytismataceae
- Image
- 2012-02-16 Coccomyces dentatus (J.C. Schmidt & Kunze) Sacc 199893.jpg
Show 5 more facts
- taxon name
- Coccomyces
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxonomic type
- Coccomyces coronatus
- Commons category
- Coccomyces
- taxon author citation
- De Not.
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Species
- Habitat and ecology
- References
Coccomyces is a genus of ascomycete fungi in the family Rhytismataceae.
The ascocarps of Coccomyces species form within the epidermal layer of a plant host. Many species are foliicolous, meaning they grow on leaves.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Coccomyces” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.