The Nature LibraryEN·ES
iNat·488284GenusFungi12 field observations
  1. Fungi Including Lichens
  2. ›Ascomycete Fungi
  3. ›Sac Fungi and Lichens
  4. ›Laboulbeniomycetes
  5. ›Laboulbeniales
  6. ›Laboulbeniaceae
Rickia
Plate 1 of 3. (c) Guan Jie, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Guan Jie · via iNaturalist

Rickia

Rickia is a genus of fungi in the family Laboulbeniaceae. The genus contain 132 species.

The genus name of Rickia is in honour of Johann Rick (known in Portuguese as João Evangelista Rick) (1869–1946), who was an Austrian-Brazilian teacher, clergyman and Botanist (Mycology). He taught Mathematics and Natural history between 1903-1915 at the Jesuit School in São Leopoldo, in Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil.

Continue reading on Wikipedia

5 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Rickia wasmannii

speciesRickia wasmannii

Rickia peyerimhoffii

speciesRickia peyerimhoffii

Rickia ancylopi

speciesRickia ancylopi

Rickia galatheae

speciesRickia galatheae

Rickia candelabriformis

speciesRickia candelabriformis

See this branch on the Wheel of Life →
§·

Where it lives

Recorded sightings

—

geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.

Drag the globe to turn it. Dots are where records exist, not a range map; darker means more records.

§·

In the stacks

Searching the stacks…

Every page naming Rickia in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →

This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 488284.