Ramboldia

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Ramboldia
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Ramboldia russula
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Ramboldiaceae
S.Stenroos, Miądl. & Lutzoni (2014)
Genus: Ramboldia
Kantvilas & Elix (1994)
Type species
Ramboldia stuartii
(Hampe) Kantvilas & Elix (1994)

Ramboldia is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Ramboldiaceae. The genus was circumscribed in 1994 by Gintaras Kantvilas and John Alan Elix. [1] It was emended in 2008 by the inclusion of Pyrrhospora species containing the anthraquinone russulone in their apothecia and having a prosoplectenchymatous exciple. [2] The family Ramboldiaceae was circumscribed in 2014 to contain the genus. [3]

The genus name of Ramboldia is in honour of Gerhard Walter Rambold (b.1956), a German botanist (Lichenology and Mycology). He was also interested in Zoology and was a professor at Munich and Bayreuth. He was a colleague of the authors, Kantvilas and Elix. [4]

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