Coccomyces

Coccomyces
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Subdivision:	Pezizomycotina
Class:	Leotiomycetes
Order:	Rhytismatales
Family:	Rhytismataceae
Genus:	Coccomyces De Not.
Type species
Coccomyces coronatus (Schumach.) De Not.

Coccomyces is a genus of fungi within the Rhytismataceae family.^[1] The genus contains 116 species.^[2]

The ascocarps of Coccomyces species form within the epidermal layer of a plant host. Many species are foliicolous.^[3]

Species

Species include:

^ Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet (The Field Museum, Department of Botany, Chicago, USA) 13: 1–58. http://www.fieldmuseum.org/myconet/outline.asp.
^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi. 10th ed. Wallingford: CABI. p. 154. ISBN 0-85199-826-7.
^ P. R. Johnson (1986). "Rhytismataceae in New Zealand 1. Some foliicolous species of Coccomyces de Notaris and Propolis (Fries) Corda". New Zealand Journal of Botany 24: 89–124. http://www.royalsociety.org.nz/media/publications-journals-nzjb-1986-005.pdf.