Rhymbocarpus

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]

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

Species
  • Rhymbocarpus aggregatus Etayo & Diederich (2011)[3] – host: Buellia griseovirens
  • Rhymbocarpus boomii Etayo & Diederich (2000)[4] – Dirina ceratoniae
  • Rhymbocarpus cruciatus (Sherwood, D.Hawksw. & Coppins) Etayo & Diederich (2000) – Diploicia canescens
  • Rhymbocarpus ericetorum (Flot. ex Körb.) Etayo, Diederich & Ertz (2010) – on Dibaeis baeomyces
  • Rhymbocarpus makarovae Diederich & Etayo (2000)[4] – Porpidia
  • Rhymbocarpus neglectus (Vain.) Diederich & Etayo (2000) – on the Lepraria neglecta species group
  • Rhymbocarpus pertusariae Diederich, Zhurb. & Etayo (2000)[4] – on Lepra panyrga
  • Rhymbocarpus pubescens (Etayo & Diederich) Diederich & Etayo (2000)[4] – Lepraria
  • Rhymbocarpus punctiformis Zopf (1896)
  • Rhymbocarpus roccellae (Etayo, Paz-Berm. & Diederich) Etayo, Diederich & Ertz (2010) – Roccella

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

Former Rhymbocarpus species:

  • Rhymbocarpus elachistophorus (Nyl.) Triebel (1989) is now Skyttea elachistophora
  • Rhymbocarpus fuscoatrae (Hafellner) Diederich & Etayo (2000) is now Llimoniella fuscoatrae
  • Rhymbocarpus gregarius (Sherwood, D.Hawksw. & Coppins) Triebel (1989) is now Skyttea gregaria
  • Rhymbocarpus nitschkei (Körb.) Triebel (1989) is now Skyttea nitschkei
  • Rhymbocarpus stereocaulorum (Alstrup & D. Hawksw.) Etayo & Diederich (2000) is now Llimoniella stereocaulorum

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. 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. 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.


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