Rhymbocarpus
TaxonRhymbocarpus
AuthorityZopf (1896)
Type speciesRhymbocarpus punctiformis
Type species authorityZopf (1896)
Subdivision ranksSpecies

Rhymbocarpus is a genus of lichenicolous (lichen-dwelling) fungi in the family Cordieritidaceae. It has 10 species.[1] The genus was circumscribed by German mycologist Friedrich Wilhelm Zopf in 1896, with Rhymbocarpus punctiformis assigned as the type species.[2]

Species

Host information is from Diederich (2018).[5]

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" (in German). Hedwigia. 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. ^ 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