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Rickia

Rickia is a genus of fungi in the family Laboulbeniaceae.[1] The genus contain 132 species.[2]

Rickia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Laboulbeniomycetes
Order: Laboulbeniales
Family: Laboulbeniaceae
Genus: Rickia
Cavara
Type species
Rickia wasmannii
Cavara

The genus name of Rickia is in honour of Johann Rick (known in Portuguese as João Evangelista Rick) (1869–1946), who was an Austrian-Brazilian teacher, clergyman and Botanist (Mycology). He taught Mathematics and Natural history between 1903-1915 at the Jesuit School in São Leopoldo, in Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil.[3]

The genus was circumscribed by Fridiano Cavara in Malpighia vol.13 on page 182 in 1899.

Species

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As accepted by Species Fungorum;[4]

Former species

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Moved species still within the Laboulbeniaceae family;[4]

References

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  1. ^ Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany: 1–58. Archived from the original on March 18, 2009.
  2. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford: CABI. p. 603. ISBN 0-85199-826-7.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ a b "Rickia - Search Page". www.speciesfungorum.org. Species Fungorum. Retrieved 28 September 2022.


 

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