''Ramsbottomia'' 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 ...
of fungi in the family
Pyronemataceae
The Pyronemataceae are a family of fungi in the order Pezizales. It is the largest family of the Pezizales, encompassing 75 genera and approximately 500 species. Phylogenetic analyses does not support the prior classifications of this family, an ...
.
The genus name of ''Ramsbottomia'' is in honour of
John Ramsbottom (1885–1974), who was a British
mycologist
Mycology is the branch of biology concerned with the study of fungi, including their taxonomy, genetics, biochemical properties, and use by humans. Fungi can be a source of tinder, food, traditional medicine, as well as entheogens, poison, and ...
.
The genus was
circumscribed In geometry, a circumscribed circle for a set of points is a circle passing through each of them. Such a circle is said to ''circumscribe'' the points or a polygon formed from them; such a polygon is said to be ''inscribed'' in the circle.
* Circum ...
by
W.D. Buckley in Trans. Brit. Mycol. Soc. vol.9 on page 44 in 1923.
Species
As accepted by
Species Fungorum
''Index Fungorum'' is an international project to index all formal names (Binomial nomenclature, scientific names) in the fungus Kingdom (biology), kingdom. As of 2015, the project is based at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, one of three partn ...
;
* ''
Ramsbottomia asperior''
* ''
Ramsbottomia lamprosporoidea''
Former species;
[
* ''R. crechqueraultii'' now '' Lamprospora crechqueraultii'' (still in Pyronemataceae)
* ''R. macrantha'' now ''Lamprospora crechqueraultii''
]
References
Pyronemataceae
Pezizales genera
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