Species

Rickenella swartzii (Collared mosscap)

Rickenella swartzii. Photo: (c) Warren Cardimona, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Rickenella is a genus of brightly colored bryophilous agarics in the Hymenochaetales that have an omphalinoid morphology. They inhabit mosses on mossy soils, peats, tree trunks and logs in temperate regions of both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Phylogenetically related agarics are in the genera Contumyces, Gyroflexus, Loreleia, Cantharellopsis and Blasiphalia, as well as the stipitate-stereoid genera Muscinupta and Cotylidia. and the clavarioid genus, Alloclavaria.

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Fungi (Fungi including lichens)
  - Phylum: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycete fungi)
    - Subphylum: Agaricomycotina (Higher basidiomycetes)
      - Class: Agaricomycetes
        Order: Hymenochaetales
        Family: Rickenellaceae
        Genus: Rickenella (Mosscap)
        Species: Rickenella swartzii (Collared mosscap)

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