Rhagadostoma is a genus of fungi in the family Nitschkiaceae. All species in the genus are lichenicolous, meaning they live parasitically on lichens.
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Rhagadostoma is a genus of fungi in the family Nitschkiaceae. All species in the genus are lichenicolous, meaning they live parasitically on lichens.
==Species== , Species Fungorum accepts 8 species of Rhagadostoma. The following list of Rhagadostoma species gives the name, taxonomic authority (standard abbreviations are used), year of publication (or transfer into this genus), and host species (or host genus). Host information is from Diederich and colleagues' 2018 review on lichenicolous fungi. Rhagadostoma boleae – host: Lecania Rhagadostoma brevisporum – Nephroma, Peltigera, Solorina Rhagadostoma coccifera Rhagadostoma collematum – host: Lathagrium auriforme Rhagadostoma lichenicola – host: Solorina Rhagadostoma pannariae – host: Pannaria Rhagadostoma rugosum – host: Verrucaria nigrescens Rhagadostoma verrucariarum – host: Verrucaria
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