| Rhodocybella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Entolomataceae |
| Genus: | Rhodocybella T.J.Baroni & R.H.Petersen (1987) |
| Type species | |
| Rhodocybella rhododendri T.J.Baroni & R.H.Petersen (1987) |
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Rhodocybella is a genus of cyphelloid fungi in the Entolomataceae family. It contains just one known species, Rhodocybella rhododendri, which is found in North America on Rhododendron stems after heavy rain. [1][2]
The white fruit bodies are mussel-shaped or cup-shaped and are up to 2 mm (0.08 in) across, either with no stipe, or with a very short one, no longer than 1 mm (0.04 in). The fertile inner surface of the fruit body is pinkish and either has no gills at all, or shows only a rudimentary trace of them.[1]
The prefix Rhodo- means "red", cybe means "head", and -ella is a diminutive suffix.[1]
It is not to be confused with Rhodocyphella, which is another small genus of cyphelloid fungi, but which belongs to family Tricholomataceae.