Rhopalomyces
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

''Rhopalomyces'' 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 ...
of
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
Helicocephalidaceae The Helicocephalidaceae are a family of fungi in the Zoopagales order. The family contain contains 4 genera and 13 species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of ...
. The
type species In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen ...
, '' Rhopalomyces elegans'', is a predator of
nematode The nematodes ( or grc-gre, Νηματώδη; la, Nematoda) or roundworms constitute the phylum Nematoda (also called Nemathelminthes), with plant-Parasitism, parasitic nematodes also known as eelworms. They are a diverse animal phylum inhab ...
eggs. '' Verticillium psalliotae'' is a
parasite Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life. The entomologist E. O. Wilson has ...
of ''Rhopalomyces''.


References


External links

* Zygomycota genera Taxa named by August Carl Joseph Corda Taxa described in 1839 {{zygomycota-stub