Ramboldia | |
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Ramboldia russula | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Lecanorales |
Family: | Ramboldiaceae S.Stenroos, Miądl. & Lutzoni (2014) |
Genus: | Ramboldia Kantvilas & Elix (1994) |
Type species | |
Ramboldia stuartii (Hampe) Kantvilas & Elix (1994)
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Ramboldia is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Ramboldiaceae. The genus was circumscribed in 1994 by Gintaras Kantvilas and John Alan Elix.[1] It was emended in 2008 by the inclusion of Pyrrhospora species containing the anthraquinone russulone in their apothecia and having a prosoplectenchymatous exciple.[2] The family Ramboldiaceae was circumscribed in 2014 to contain the genus.[3]
The genus name of Ramboldia is in honour of Gerhard Walter Rambold (b.1956), a German botanist (Lichenology and Mycology). He was also interested in Zoology and was a professor at Munich and Bayreuth. He was a colleague of the authors, Kantvilas and Elix.[4]