Rimbachia

Rimbachia is a genus of fungi in the family Tricholomataceae. The genus contains about ten species with a widespread distribution in tropical regions.[1]

Rimbachia
Rimbachia bryophila
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Agaricales
Family:
Tricholomataceae
Genus:
Rimbachia

Type species
Rimbachia paradoxa
Pat.
Species

see text

The genus name of Rimbachia is in honour of August Rimbach (1862–1943), who was a German botanist (Bryology). He was between 1910-1919, Professor of Botany at the Agronomic Institute in Montevideo, Uruguay.[2]

The genus was circumscribed by Narcisse Théophile Patouillard in Bull. Soc. Mycol. France vol.7 on page 159 in 1891.

Species

As accepted by Species Fungorum;[3]

  • Rimbachia arachnoidea Redhead 1984
  • Rimbachia bryophila Redhead 1984
  • Rimbachia camerunensis Henn. 1901
  • Rimbachia ellipsoidea Redhead 1984
  • Rimbachia furfuracea Redhead 1984
  • Rimbachia leucobryi Miettinen 2010
  • Rimbachia neckerae Redhead 1984
  • Rimbachia palmigena Singer 1966
  • Rimbachia paludosa Redhead 1984
  • Rimbachia paradoxa Pat. 1891
  • Rimbachia philippensis Lloyd 1919
  • Rimbachia spadicea Lloyd 1922

Former species;[3]

  • R. cyphelloides Lloyd (1918) = Rhodoarrhenia cyphelloides Bolbitiaceae
  • R. pezizoidea (Speg.) Lloyd (1919) = Rhodoarrhenia pezizoidea Bolbitiaceae
  • R. puiggarii (Speg.) Rick (1960) = Calyptella puiggarii Agaricales
  • R. spathularia (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Singer (1951) = Skepperiella spathularia Agaricales
  • R. vitellina Lloyd (1918) = Rhodoarrhenia vitellina Bolbitiaceae

See also

References
  1. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 603. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  2. Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  3. "Rimbachia - Search Page". www.speciesfungorum.org. Species Fungorum. Retrieved 28 September 2022.


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