Rickia

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Rickia
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Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Laboulbeniomycetes
Order: Laboulbeniales
Family: Laboulbeniaceae
Genus: Rickia
Cavara
Type species
Rickia wasmannii
Cavara

Rickia is a genus of fungi in the family Laboulbeniaceae.[1] The genus contain 132 species.[2]

The genus name of Rickia is in honour of Johann Rick (known in Portuguese as João Evangelista Rick) (1869–1946), who was an Austrian-Brazilian teacher, clergyman and Botanist (Mycology). He taught Mathematics and Natural history between 1903-1915 at the Jesuit School in São Leopoldo, in Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil.[3]

The genus was circumscribed by Fridiano Cavara in Malpighia vol.13 on page 182 in 1899.

Species

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As accepted by Species Fungorum;[4]

Former species

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Moved species still within the Laboulbeniaceae family;[4]

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