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Rhymbocarpus
Sign in to saveRhymbocarpus is a genus of lichenicolous (lichen-dwelling) fungi in the family Cordieritidaceae. It has 10 species. The genus was circumscribed by German mycologist Friedrich Wilhelm Zopf in 1896, with Rhymbocarpus punctiformis assigned as the type species.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumAscomycota
- ClassLeotiomycetes
- OrderHelotiales
- FamilyCordieritidaceae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 3
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Cordieritidaceae
- Collections
- UC, UPS, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- United States, Norway, Nepal
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Rhymbocarpus is a genus of lichenicolous (lichen-dwelling) fungi in the family Cordieritidaceae. It has 10 species. The genus was circumscribed by German mycologist Friedrich Wilhelm Zopf in 1896, with Rhymbocarpus punctiformis assigned as the type species.
==Species== Rhymbocarpus aggregatus – host: Buellia griseovirens Rhymbocarpus boomii – Dirina ceratoniae Rhymbocarpus cruciatus – Diploicia canescens Rhymbocarpus ericetorum – on Dibaeis baeomyces Rhymbocarpus makarovae – Porpidia Rhymbocarpus neglectus – on the Lepraria neglecta species group Rhymbocarpus pertusariae – on Lepra panyrga Rhymbocarpus pubescens – Lepraria Rhymbocarpus punctiformis Rhymbocarpus roccellae – Roccella
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rhymbocarpus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.