''Ripartitella'' 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
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
Agaricaceae
The Agaricaceae are a family of basidiomycete fungi and include the genus ''Agaricus'', as well as basidiomycetes previously classified in the families Tulostomataceae, Lepiotaceae, and Lycoperdaceae.
Taxonomy
The family Agaricaceae was publishe ...
. 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
Rolf Singer
Rolf Singer (June 23, 1906 – January 18, 1994) was a German mycologist and Taxonomy (biology), taxonomist of gilled mushrooms (agarics).
He wrote the book "The Agaricales in Modern Taxonomy (biology), Taxonomy". He fled to various countries d ...
in Mycologia vol.39 on page 85 in 1947.
The genus name of ''Ripartitella'' is in honour of
Jean Baptiste Marie Joseph Solange Eugène Ripart (1815–1878), who was a French physician,
botanist
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and
mycologist
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.
Species
As accepted by
Species Fungorum
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;
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Ripartitella alba''
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Ripartitella brasiliensis''
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Ripartitella brunnea''
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Ripartitella sipariana''
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Ripartitella squamosidisca''
Former species;
* ''R. ponderosa'' = ''
Cercopemyces ponderosus''
* ''R. rickenii'' = ''
Cercopemyces rickenii''
See also
*
List of Agaricales genera
This is a list of fungal genus, genera in the order (biology), order Agaricales. The list follows Kalichman, Kirk & Matheny (2020), with more recent additions and amendments, as noted. The number of species in each family is taken from Catalogue of ...
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List of Agaricaceae genera
This is a list of genus, genera in the mushroom-forming fungus family Agaricaceae.
Genera
See also
* List of Agaricales families
* List of Agaricales genera
References
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Cited texts
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References
External links
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Agaricaceae
Taxa named by Rolf Singer
Taxa described in 1947
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