Biology:Rimbachia paradoxa

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Rimbachia paradoxa
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R. paradoxa
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Rimbachia paradoxa
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Rimbachia is a species of fungus in the family Tricholomataceae, and the type species of the genus Rimbachia. It was first described scientifically by the French mycologist Narcisse Théophile Patouillard in 1891.[1]

Description

The fruit bodies of Rimbachia paradoxa are somewhat flattened, with the cap is attached to the stem at an angle, and the spore-bearing surface (the hymenium) is reticulate and gill-like. The fruit bodies are saprobic, growing on dead wood.[2]

References

  1. Patouillard NT, de Lagerheim G. (1891). "Champignons de l'Equateur (Pugillus I)" (in French). Bulletin de la Société Mycologique de France 7: 158–84. 
  2. Redhead SA. (1984). "Arrhenia and Rimbachia, expanded generic concepts and a reevaluation of Leptoglossum with emphasis on muscicolous North American taxa". Canadian Journal of Botany 62 (5): 865–92. doi:10.1139/b84-126. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5227960 entry