Ramsbottomia is a genus of fungi in the family Pyronemataceae.

Ramsbottomia
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Ramsbottomia

W.D. Buckley (1923)
Type species
Ramsbottomia lamprosporoidea
W.D. Buckley (1923)

The genus name of Ramsbottomia is in honour of John Ramsbottom OBE FLS (1885–1974), who was a British mycologist.[1]

The genus was circumscribed by W.D. Buckley in Trans. Brit. Mycol. Soc. vol.9 on page 44 in 1923.

Species

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As accepted by Species Fungorum;[2]

Former species;[2]

  • R. crechqueraultii (P. Crouan & H. Crouan) Benkert & T. Schumach. (1985) now Lamprospora crechqueraultii (still in Pyronemataceae)
  • R. macrantha (Boud.) Benkert & T. Schumach. (1985) now Lamprospora crechqueraultii

References

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  1. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Ramsbottomia - Search Page". www.speciesfungorum.org. Species Fungorum. Retrieved 21 September 2022.