Rickia
Rickia is a genus of fungi in the family Laboulbeniaceae. The genus contain 132 species.
| Rickia | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Laboulbeniomycetes |
| Order: | Laboulbeniales |
| Family: | Laboulbeniaceae |
| Genus: | Rickia Cavara |
| Type species | |
| Rickia wasmannii Cavara | |
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.
The genus was circumscribed by Fridiano Cavara in Malpighia vol.13 on page 182 in 1899.
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