Rhymbocarpus Explained

Rhymbocarpus is a genus of lichenicolous (lichen-dwelling) fungi in the family Cordieritidaceae. It has 10 species. The genus was circumscribed by German mycologist Friedrich Wilhelm Zopf in 1896, with Rhymbocarpus punctiformis assigned as the type species.

Species

• Rhymbocarpus aggregatus – host: Buellia griseovirens
• Rhymbocarpus boomii – Dirina ceratoniae
• Rhymbocarpus cruciatus – Diploicia canescens
• Rhymbocarpus ericetorum – on Dibaeis baeomyces
• Rhymbocarpus makarovae – Porpidia
• Rhymbocarpus neglectus – on the Lepraria neglecta species group
• Rhymbocarpus pertusariae – on Lepra panyrga
• Rhymbocarpus pubescens – Lepraria
• Rhymbocarpus punctiformis
• Rhymbocarpus roccellae – Roccella

Host information is from Diederich (2018).

Former Rhymbocarpus species:

• Rhymbocarpus elachistophorus is now Skyttea elachistophora
• Rhymbocarpus fuscoatrae is now Llimoniella fuscoatrae
• Rhymbocarpus gregarius is now Skyttea gregaria
• Rhymbocarpus nitschkei is now Skyttea nitschkei
• Rhymbocarpus stereocaulorum is now Llimoniella stereocaulorum