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Rickia
Sign in to saveRickia is a genus of fungi in the family Laboulbeniaceae. The genus contain 132 species.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumAscomycota
- ClassLaboulbeniomycetes
- OrderLaboulbeniales
- FamilyLaboulbeniaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 51
- With media
- 33
- Family
- Laboulbeniaceae
- Collections
- SYRF
- Recorded in
- United States, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Mexico
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Laboulbeniaceae
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- taxon name
- Rickia
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxonomic type
- Rickia wasmannii
- Commons category
- Rickia
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Encyclopedic overview
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Rickia is a genus of fungi in the family Laboulbeniaceae. The genus contain 132 species.
The genus name of Rickia is in honour of Johann Rick (known in Portuguese as João Evangelista Rick) (1869–1946), who was an Austrian-Brazilian teacher, clergyman and Botanist (Mycology). He taught Mathematics and Natural history between 1903-1915 at the Jesuit School in São Leopoldo, in Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil.
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