''Coccomyces'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

fungi A fungus (: fungi , , , or ; or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and mold (fungus), molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as one ...

in the family

Rhytismataceae The Rhytismataceae are a family of fungi in the Rhytismatales order. It contains 55 genera and 728 species. Genera According to the 2007 Outline of Ascomycota, the following genera are in the Rhytismataceae. The placement of the genus '' Nymano ...

. The

ascocarp An ascocarp, or ascoma (: ascomata), is the fruiting body ( sporocarp) of an ascomycete phylum fungus. It consists of very tightly interwoven hyphae and millions of embedded asci, each of which typically contains four to eight ascospores. Ascoc ...

s of ''Coccomyces'' species form within the epidermal layer of a

plant Plants are the eukaryotes that form the Kingdom (biology), kingdom Plantae; they are predominantly Photosynthesis, photosynthetic. This means that they obtain their energy from sunlight, using chloroplasts derived from endosymbiosis with c ...

host. Many species are

foliicolous Foliicolous refers to the growth habit of certain lichens, algae, fungi, liverworts, and other bryophytes that prefer to grow on the leaves of vascular plants. ''Foliicolous'' simply means 'growing upon leaves' whilst epiphyllous derives from the ...

, meaning they grow on leaves. In the

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, common hosts for ''Coccomyces'' species are plants in the family

Ericaceae The Ericaceae () are a Family (biology), family of flowering plants, commonly known as the heath or heather family, found most commonly in acidic and infertile growing conditions. The family is large, with about 4,250 known species spread acros ...

Species

This genus includes, but is not limited to the following species:

*'' Coccomyces clavatus'' *'' Coccomyces dentatus'' *'' Coccomyces neolitseae'' – China *'' Coccomyces prominens'' – China

References

Leotiomycetes genera Taxa named by Giuseppe De Notaris {{Leotiomycetes-stub