Rhodoarrhenia

Rhodoarrhenia is a genus of fungi in the family Cyphellaceae. Most Rhodoarrhenia species have a tropical or subtropical distribution. The genus was circumscribed by mycologist Rolf Singer in 1963. He made R. pezizoidea the type species;[1] in its taxonomic history, this fungus had been placed in the genera Merulius, Campanella, Rimbachia, and Arrhenia by various authors.[2]

Rhodoarrhenia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Agaricales
Family:
Cyphellaceae
Genus:
Rhodoarrhenia

Singer (1964)
Type species
Rhodoarrhenia pezizoidea
(Speg.) Singer (1964)
Species

R. albocremea
R. cyphelloides
R. flabellulum
R. nobilis
R. pensilis
R. pezizoidea
R. solomonensis
R. vitellina

See also

References
  1. Singer R. (1963). "New genera of fungi XIII. Rhodoarhenia" (PDF). Sydowia. 17 (1–6): 142–154.
  2. "GSD Species Synonymy: Rhodoarrhenia pezizoidea (Speg.) Singer". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2016-01-27.



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