Coccomyces

Coccomyces
	Coccomyces dentatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Leotiomycetes
Order:	Rhytismatales
Family:	Rhytismataceae
Genus:	Coccomyces; De Not. (1847)
Type species
	Coccomyces coronatus; (Schumach.) De Not. (1859)
Synonyms
	Coccomycella Höhn. (1917); Malenconia Bat. & H.Maia (1960);

Coccomyces is a genus of fungi in the family Rhytismataceae.^[2]

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

Species[edit]

This genus includes, but is not limited to the following species:

^ "Synonymy: Coccomyces De Not". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
^ Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany: 1–58. Archived from the original on 18 March 2009. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
^ P. R. Johnson (1986). "Rhytismataceae in New Zealand 1. Some foliicolous species of Coccomyces de Notaris and Propolis (Fries) Corda" (PDF). New Zealand Journal of Botany. 24: 89–124. doi:10.1080/0028825x.1986.10409723.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Li Q, Chen Y-X, Zheng C-T, Lu D-D, Lin Y-R (2015). "Coccomyces neolitseae sp. nov. from Zhangjiajie, China". Mycotaxon. 130: 289–293. doi:10.5248/130.289.
^ Xu Y-F, Wu Y, Meng Y-Q, Wang S-J, Lin Y-R (2015). "Coccomyces prominens sp. nov. (Rhytismataceae) on Rhododendron coeloneurum in China". Mycotaxon. 130: 73–77. doi:10.5248/130.73.

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