''Rimbachia'' is a species of fungus in the family Tricholomataceae, and the type species of the genus '' Rimbachia''. It was first described scientifically by the French mycologist Narcisse Théophile Patouillard in 1891.

Description

The

fruit bodies The sporocarp (also known as fruiting body, fruit body or fruitbody) of fungi is a multicellular structure on which spore-producing structures, such as basidia or asci, are borne. The fruitbody is part of the sexual phase of a fungal life c ...

of ''Rimbachia paradoxa'' are somewhat flattened, with the cap is attached to the

stem Stem or STEM may refer to: Plant structures * Plant stem, a plant's aboveground axis, made of vascular tissue, off which leaves and flowers hang * Stipe (botany), a stalk to support some other structure * Stipe (mycology), the stem of a mushro ...

at an angle, and the spore-bearing surface (the

hymenium The hymenium is the tissue layer on the hymenophore of a fungal fruiting body where the cells develop into basidia or asci, which produce spores. In some species all of the cells of the hymenium develop into basidia or asci, while in others some ...

) is reticulate and gill-like. The fruit bodies are saprobic, growing on dead wood.

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Tricholomataceae Fungi described in 1891 Fungi of Europe {{Tricholomataceae-stub