Diaphanopellis

Diaphanopellis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Pucciniomycetes
Order:	Pucciniales
Family:	Coleosporiaceae
Genus:	Diaphanopellis ; P.E.Crane (2005)
Type species
	Diaphanopellis forrestii; P.E.Crane (2005)

Last updated February 01, 2026

Diaphanopellis is a genus of rust fungi in the family Coleosporiaceae. Reported as new to science in 2005, the genus is monotypic, containing the single species Diaphanopellis forrestii, found growing on Rhododendron selense subsp. selense, in the Himalayas.^[2]

Another species Diaphanopellis purpureaC.J. You & J. Cao (2017) was re-named as Chrysomyxa purpure in 2021.^[3]

References

↑ P.E. Crane, Mycologia 97 (2): 539 (2005)
↑ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 203. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
↑ "Species Fungorum - GSD Species". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 27 August 2023.

External links

Diaphanopellis in Index Fungorum

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[1] P.E. Crane, Mycologia 97 (2): 539 (2005)

[Kirk2008-2] Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 203. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.

[3] "Species Fungorum - GSD Species". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 27 August 2023.

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