Rickia Explained
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.
Species
As accepted by Species Fungorum;[4]
- Rickia admirabilis
- Rickia africana
- Rickia aloisii
- Rickia ancylopi
- Rickia anomala
- Rickia anthribidicola
- Rickia apiculifera
- Rickia appendicifera
- Rickia arachnoidea
- Rickia arcuata
- Rickia argentinensis
- Rickia arimensis
- Rickia aulachochiri
- Rickia berlesiana
- Rickia bifida
- Rickia biseriata
- Rickia borneoensis
- Rickia candelabriformis
- Rickia carpanetoi
- Rickia celaenopsidis
- Rickia cifoneae
- Rickia circopis
- Rickia circumdata
- Rickia coelostomatis
- Rickia coleopterophagi
- Rickia compressa
- Rickia coprighis
- Rickia coptengalis
- Rickia cornuti
- Rickia corylophidorum
- Rickia cristata
- Rickia danaealis
- Rickia dendroiuli
- Rickia depauperata
- Rickia dichotoma
- Rickia discopomae
- Rickia discreta
- Rickia dominicensis
- Rickia elegans
- Rickia elliptica
- Rickia encymonalis
- Rickia episcaphae
- Rickia episcaphulae
- Rickia eumorphi
- Rickia europsis
- Rickia euxesti
- Rickia euzerconalis
- Rickia excavata
- Rickia fainii
- Rickia fastigiata
- Rickia filifera
- Rickia flagellifera
- Rickia furcata
- Rickia galatheae
- Rickia georgii
- Rickia gigas
- Rickia gracilis
- Rickia gryllotalpae
- Rickia haytiensis
- Rickia huggertii
- Rickia hyalina
- Rickia hyperborea
- Rickia hypoaspidis
- Rickia inclinata
- Rickia inclusa
- Rickia introversa
- Rickia jacobsonii
- Rickia javanica
- Rickia kamerunana
- Rickia kawasakii
- Rickia kistneri
- Rickia laboulbenioides
- Rickia latior
- Rickia lenoirii
- Rickia leonis
- Rickia leptaulacis
- Rickia lophophora
- Rickia lordithonis
- Rickia lycopodinae
- Rickia macrandra
- Rickia macrochelis
- Rickia mamillata
- Rickia megisthani
- Rickia minuta
- Rickia minutissima
- Rickia mycetinae
- Rickia nephanis
- Rickia nigella
- Rickia nigrescens
- Rickia nigriceps
- Rickia nigrofimbriata
- Rickia nipponensis
- Rickia nutans
- Rickia obcordata
- Rickia obelostrepti
- Rickia oceana
- Rickia odontopygidarum
- Rickia onthophagi
- Rickia pachyiuli
- Rickia pachylaelapis
- Rickia pallescens
- Rickia pallida
- Rickia pallodina
- Rickia papuana
- Rickia parasiti
- Rickia parvula
- Rickia passalina
- Rickia perlata
- Rickia peyerimhoffii
- Rickia phalacri
- Rickia phloeonomi
- Rickia pinnata
- Rickia platessa
- Rickia pocadii
- Rickia polonica
- Rickia proliferans
- Rickia proteini
- Rickia ptiliidarum
- Rickia pulchra
- Rickia radiata
- Rickia rhacomycoides
- Rickia rhynchophora
- Rickia rostellata
- Rickia rostrata
- Rickia rotundata
- Rickia sakaii
- Rickia sakkae
- Rickia sarawakensis
- Rickia saulae
- Rickia scydmaeni
- Rickia serrulata
- Rickia seticola
- Rickia setifera
- Rickia siddhartha
- Rickia silvestrii
- Rickia spathulata
- Rickia sphindidorum
- Rickia stellata
- Rickia stenotarsi
- Rickia sugiyamae
- Rickia tachini
- Rickia taiwanensis
- Rickia tessellata
- Rickia tomari
- Rickia trichophora
- Rickia trinitatis
- Rickia uncigeri
- Rickia uncinata
- Rickia uropodae
- Rickia wasmannii
- Rickia wulaiensis
- Rickia yoshii
- Rickia zanettii
Former species
Moved species still within the Laboulbeniaceae family;[4]
- R. formicicola now Dimorphomyces formicicola
- R. lispini = Diaphoromyces lispini
- R. lispini = Rickia sugiyamae
- R. marginata = Diaphoromyces marginatus
- R. megisthani var. trachyuropodae = Rickia megisthani
- R. melanophthalmae = Benjaminiomyces melanophthalmae
- R. perpusilla = Benjaminiomyces perpusillus
- R. platensis = Benjaminiomyces platensis
- R. pumila = Benjaminiomyces pumilus
- R. zirophori = Diaphoromyces zirophori
Notes and References
- Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM . December 2007 . Outline of Ascomycota - 2007 . Myconet . 13 . 1 - 58 . The Field Museum, Department of Botany . Chicago, USA . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090318003134/http://www.fieldmuseum.org/myconet/outline.asp . March 18, 2009 .
- Book: Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA . Dictionary of the Fungi . limited . 10th . CABI . Wallingford . 2008. 0-85199-826-7. 603.
- Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen . Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin . 2022 . 978-3-946292-41-8 . pdf . German . Berlin . 10.3372/epolist2022 . January 27, 2022.
- Web site: Rickia - Search Page . www.speciesfungorum.org . Species Fungorum . 28 September 2022.
