Ramsbottomia

Ramsbottomia is a genus of fungi in the family Pyronemataceae.

Ramsbottomia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Pezizomycetes
Order:	Pezizales
Family:	Pyronemataceae
Genus:	Ramsbottomia W.D. Buckley (1923)
Type species
Ramsbottomia lamprosporoidea W.D. Buckley (1923)

The genus name of Ramsbottomia is in honour of John Ramsbottom OBE FLS (1885–1974), who was a British mycologist.^[1]

The genus was circumscribed by W.D. Buckley in Trans. Brit. Mycol. Soc. vol.9 on page 44 in 1923.

Species

As accepted by Species Fungorum;^[2]

• Ramsbottomia asperior (Nyl.) Benkert & T. Schumach. (1985)
• Ramsbottomia lamprosporoidea W.D. Buckley (1923)

Former species;^[2]

• R. crechqueraultii (P. Crouan & H. Crouan) Benkert & T. Schumach. (1985) now Lamprospora crechqueraultii (still in Pyronemataceae)
• R. macrantha (Boud.) Benkert & T. Schumach. (1985) now Lamprospora crechqueraultii