Rimbachia paradoxa

Species of fungus

Rimbachia paradoxa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Agaricales
Family:
Tricholomataceae
Genus:
Rimbachia
Species:
R. paradoxa
Binomial name
Rimbachia paradoxa

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.[1]

Description

The fruit bodies of Rimbachia paradoxa are somewhat flattened, with the cap is attached to the stem at an angle, and the spore-bearing surface (the hymenium) is reticulate and gill-like. The fruit bodies are saprobic, growing on dead wood.[2]

References

  1. ^ Patouillard NT, de Lagerheim G. (1891). "Champignons de l'Equateur (Pugillus I)". Bulletin de la Société Mycologique de France (in French). 7: 158–84.
  2. ^ Redhead SA. (1984). "Arrhenia and Rimbachia, expanded generic concepts and a reevaluation of Leptoglossum with emphasis on muscicolous North American taxa". Canadian Journal of Botany. 62 (5): 865–92. doi:10.1139/b84-126.
Taxon identifiers
Rimbachia paradoxa


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