Rhachomyces platyprosophi W. Rossi & M. Leonardi, sp. nov. Index Fungorum number: IF 559511; MycoBank number: MB 559511; Facesoffungi number: FoF 13388; Fig. 1 Etymology – Named after the host insect genus. Holotype – FI WR3973. Axis of the receptacle from almost straight to variably curved or sigmoid, consisting of 15–22 brownish cells gradually enlarging upwards and separated [...]
Rhachomyces magrinii W. Rossi & M. Leonardi, sp. nov. Index Fungorum number: IF 559510; MycoBank number: MB 559510; Facesoffungi number: FoF13387; Fig. 1 Etymology – Named after the entomologist Paolo Magrini, who supplied us with the material utilized for the description of the new species. Holotype – FI WR4048 Axis of the receptacle from almost straight [...]
Rhachomyces hyperommae W. Rossi & M. Leonardi, sp. nov. Index Fungorum number: IF 559509; MycoBank number: MB 559509; Facesoffungi number: FoF 13386; Fig. 1 Etymology – Named after the host insect genus. Holotype – CAMB WR2331a Axis of the receptacle composed of 12–17 cells very different in size, shape, and color: the basal and the suprabasal [...]
Rhachomyces Thaxt., Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. 30: 468 (1895) [1894] Notes – Rhachomyces is quite numerous: with six species described very recently, the number of accepted species in the genus is now 91 (Rossi and Christian 2020; Rossi and Leonardi 2020; Santamaria et al. 2020; Buyck et al. 2021). This genus is characterized [...]
Rhachomyces cruralis W. Rossi & M. Leonardi, sp. nov. Index Fungorum number: IF 559505; MycoBank number: MB 559505; Facesoffungi number: FoF 13385; Fig. 1 Etymology – From Latin crus=leg, because the thalli of the new species are found only on the legs of the host insect. Holotype – FI WR1997 Axis of the receptacle is straight [...]