Coccomyces

Coccomyces
Coccomyces dentatus
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:

References

  1. Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota 2007". Myconet (Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany) 13: 158.
  2. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi. 10th ed. Wallingford: CABI. p. 154. ISBN 0-85199-826-7.
  3. 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. doi:10.1080/0028825x.1986.10409723.

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