Ramsbottomia
Genus of fungi
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Ramsbottomia is a genus of fungi in the family Pyronemataceae.
| Ramsbottomia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Pezizomycetes |
| Order: | Pezizales |
| Family: | Pyronemataceae |
| Genus: | Ramsbottomia W.D. Buckley (1923) |
| Type species | |
| Ramsbottomia lamprosporoidea W.D. Buckley (1923) | |
The genus name of Ramsbottomia is in honour of John Ramsbottom OBE FLS (1885–1974), who was a British mycologist.[1]
The genus was circumscribed by W.D. Buckley in Trans. Brit. Mycol. Soc. vol.9 on page 44 in 1923.
Species
As accepted by Species Fungorum;[2]
- Ramsbottomia asperior (Nyl.) Benkert & T. Schumach. (1985)
- Ramsbottomia lamprosporoidea W.D. Buckley (1923)
Former species;[2]
- R. crechqueraultii (P. Crouan & H. Crouan) Benkert & T. Schumach. (1985) now Lamprospora crechqueraultii (still in Pyronemataceae)
- R. macrantha (Boud.) Benkert & T. Schumach. (1985) now Lamprospora crechqueraultii
