Rhymbocarpus

Rhymbocarpus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Leotiomycetes
Order: Cyttariales
Family: Cordieritidaceae
Genus: Rhymbocarpus
Zopf (1896)
Type species
Rhymbocarpus punctiformis
Zopf (1896)

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

Host information is from Diederich (2018).

Former Rhymbocarpus species:

References

  1. ↑ Wijayawardene, N.N.; Hyde, K.D.; Dai, D.Q.; Sánchez-García, M.; Goto, B.T.; Saxena, R.K.; et al. (2022). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa – 2021". Mycosphere. 13 (1): 53–453. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/13/1/2. hdl:10481/76378. S2CID 249054641.
  2. ↑ Zopf, W. (1896). "Übersicht der auf Flechten schmarotzenden Pilze". Hedwigia (in German). 35: 312–366.
  3. ↑ Etayo, J.; Diederich, P. (2011). "Rhymbocarpus aggregatus, a new species of lichenicolous fungi (Helotiales) growing on Buellia griseovirens in Spain". Bulletin de la Société des Naturalistes Luxembourgeois. 112: 35–38.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Diederich, Paul; Etayo, Javier (2000). "A synopsis of the genera Skyttea, Llimoniella and Rhymbocarpus (lichenicolous Ascomycota, Leotiales)". The Lichenologist. 32 (5): 423–485. doi:10.1006/lich.2000.0290.
  5. ↑ Diederich, Paul; Lawrey, James D.; Ertz, Damien (2018). "The 2018 classification and checklist of lichenicolous fungi, with 2000 non-lichenized, obligately lichenicolous taxa". The Bryologist. 121 (3): 340–425. doi:10.1639/0007-2745-121.3.340. S2CID 92396850.