Rickia

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Rickia is a genus of fungi in the family Laboulbeniaceae.[1] The genus contain 132 species.[2]

The genus name of Rickia is in honour of Johann Rick (known in Portuguese as João Evangelista Rick) (1869–1946), who was an Austrian-Brazilian teacher, clergyman and Botanist (Mycology). He taught Mathematics and Natural history between 1903-1915 at the Jesuit School in São Leopoldo, in Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil.[3]

The genus was circumscribed by Fridiano Cavara in Malpighia vol.13 on page 182 in 1899.

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