Ramsbottomia is a genus of fungi in the family Pyronemataceae.
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| Genus: | Ramsbottomia W.D. Buckley (1923)
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| Ramsbottomia lamprosporoidea W.D. Buckley (1923)
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The genus name of Ramsbottomia is in honour of John Ramsbottom OBE FLS (1885–1974), who was a British mycologist.[1]
The genus was circumscribed by W.D. Buckley in Trans. Brit. Mycol. Soc. vol.9 on page 44 in 1923.
Species
editAs accepted by Species Fungorum;[2]
- Ramsbottomia asperior (Nyl.) Benkert & T. Schumach. (1985)
- Ramsbottomia lamprosporoidea W.D. Buckley (1923)
Former species;[2]
- R. crechqueraultii (P. Crouan & H. Crouan) Benkert & T. Schumach. (1985) now Lamprospora crechqueraultii (still in Pyronemataceae)
- R. macrantha (Boud.) Benkert & T. Schumach. (1985) now Lamprospora crechqueraultii
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Ramsbottomia - Search Page". www.speciesfungorum.org. Species Fungorum. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
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