''Rhymbocarpus'' is a
genus
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of
lichenicolous
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(
lichen
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in the family
Cordieritidaceae. It has 10 species.
The genus was
circumscribed
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by German mycologist
Friedrich Wilhelm Zopf
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in 1896, with ''
Rhymbocarpus punctiformis'' assigned as the
type species
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.
Species
*''
Rhymbocarpus aggregatus''
– host: ''
Buellia griseovirens''
*''
Rhymbocarpus boomii''
– ''
Dirina ceratoniae''
*''
Rhymbocarpus cruciatus'' – ''
Diploicia canescens''
*''
Rhymbocarpus ericetorum'' – on ''
Dibaeis baeomyces''
*''
Rhymbocarpus makarovae''
– ''
Porpidia''
*''
Rhymbocarpus neglectus'' – on the ''
Lepraria neglecta'' species group
*''
Rhymbocarpus pertusariae''
– on ''
Lepra panyrga''
*''
Rhymbocarpus pubescens''
– ''
Lepraria
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''
*''
Rhymbocarpus punctiformis''
*''
Rhymbocarpus roccellae'' – ''
Roccella Roccella may refer to:
* Roccella Valdemone, a municipality in Sicily, Italy
* Roccella Ionica (or Roccella Jonica), a municipality in Calabria, Italy
* The lichen genus ''Roccella'', known for the species ''Roccella tinctoria
''Roccella tincto ...
''
Host
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Host may also refer to:
Places
* Host, Pennsylvania, a village in Berks County
People
*Jim Host (born 1937), American businessman
* Michel Host ...
information is from Diederich (2018).
Former ''Rhymbocarpus'' species:
*''Rhymbocarpus elachistophorus'' is now ''
Skyttea elachistophora''
*''Rhymbocarpus fuscoatrae'' is now ''
Llimoniella fuscoatrae''
*''Rhymbocarpus gregarius'' is now ''
Skyttea gregaria''
*''Rhymbocarpus nitschkei'' is now ''
Skyttea nitschkei''
*''Rhymbocarpus stereocaulorum'' is now ''
Llimoniella stereocaulorum''
References
Leotiomycetes
Leotiomycetes genera
Taxa described in 1896
Taxa named by Friedrich Wilhelm Zopf
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