Coccomyces

Coccomyces
	Coccomyces dentatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Subdivision:	Pezizomycotina
Class:	Leotiomycetes
Order:	Rhytismatales
Family:	Rhytismataceae
Genus:	Coccomyces; De Not. (1847)
Type species
	; (Schumach.) De Not. (1859)
Synonyms
	Coccomycella Höhn. (1917); Malenconia Bat. & (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[]

A 2008 estimate placed 116 species in the genus.^[4] As of May 2015, Index Fungorum accepts 106 valid species in Coccomyces:^[5]

Coccomyces coronatus

^ "Synonymy: Coccomyces De Not". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
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^ 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]}
^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 154. ISBN 0-85199-826-7.
^ Kirk PM. "Species Fungorum (version 21st April 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 1 May 2015.
^ 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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