''Ramboldia'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

lichen A lichen ( , ) is a composite organism that arises from algae or cyanobacteria living among filaments of multiple fungi species in a mutualistic relationship.fungi A fungus ( : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as a kingdom, separately from ...

in the family Ramboldiaceae. The genus was

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in 1994 by

Gintaras Kantvilas Gintaras Kantvilas (born 1956) is an Australian lichenologist, who earned his Ph.D in 1985 from the University of Tasmania with a thesis entitled ''Studies on Tasmanian rainforest lichens''. He has authored over 432 species names, and 167 gener ...

and John Alan Elix. It was emended in 2008 by the inclusion of ''

Pyrrhospora ''Pyrrhospora'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Lecanoraceae. The genus was circumscribed by German lichenologist Gustav Wilhelm Körber in 1855, with '' Pyrrhospora quernea'' assigned as the type species. Species *'' Pyrrhospo ...

'' species containing the anthraquinone russulone in their apothecia and having a prosoplectenchymatous exciple. The family Ramboldiaceae was

in 2014 to contain the genus. The genus name of ''Ramboldia'' is in honour of Gerhard Walter Rambold (b.1956), a German

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(Lichenology and Mycology). He was also interested in

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and was a professor at

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and

Bayreuth Bayreuth (, ; bar, Bareid) is a town in northern Bavaria, Germany, on the Red Main river in a valley between the Franconian Jura and the Fichtelgebirge Mountains. The town's roots date back to 1194. In the 21st century, it is the capital of U ...

. He was a colleague of the authors, Kantvilas and Elix.

Species

*'' Ramboldia amagiensis'' (2008) *'' Ramboldia amarkantakana'' (2009) *'' Ramboldia arandensis'' (2008) *'' Ramboldia atromarginata'' (2016) *'' Ramboldia aurantiaca'' (2008) *'' Ramboldia aurea'' (2008) *'' Ramboldia blastidiata'' (2007) *'' Ramboldia blochiana'' (2011) – North America, Central America, South America, West Indies *'' Ramboldia brunneocarpa'' (1994) *'' Ramboldia buleensis'' (2017) *'' Ramboldia bullata'' (2008) *'' Ramboldia cinnabarina'' (2008) *'' Ramboldia crassithallina'' (2001) *'' Ramboldia curvispora'' (2017) *''

Ramboldia elabens ''Ramboldia'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Ramboldiaceae. The genus was circumscribed in 1994 by Gintaras Kantvilas and John Alan Elix. It was emended in 2008 by the inclusion of ''Pyrrhospora'' species containing the anthr ...

'' (2007) *'' Ramboldia farinosa'' (2004) *''

Ramboldia gowardiana ''Ramboldia'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Ramboldiaceae. The genus was circumscribed in 1994 by Gintaras Kantvilas and John Alan Elix. It was emended in 2008 by the inclusion of ''Pyrrhospora'' species containing the anthr ...

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q7289258 Lecanoraceae Lecanorales genera Taxa named by Gintaras Kantvilas Taxa named by John Alan Elix Taxa described in 1994