Riedera Explained

Riedera is a genus of fungi in the Helotiales order. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the order is unknown (incertae sedis), and it has not yet been placed with certainty into any family.[1]

The genus name of Riedera is in honour of Johann Georg von Rieder (fl. 1825–36), who was a botanist (Mycology), he was also Manager of the (Kaiserlichen) Imperial Botanical Garden in Kamtschatka and plant collector.[2]

The genus was circumscribed by Elias Magnus Fries in Summa Veg. Scand. on page 358 in 1849.

It currently has one known species, Riedera elaeochrysa' .A former species Riedera melaxantha is now a synonym of Desmazierella melaxantha (with the Chorioactidaceae family).[3]

Notes and References

  1. 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 .
  2. 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.
  3. Web site: Riedera - Search Page . www.speciesfungorum.org . Species Fungorum . 28 September 2022.

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