Diaphanopellis

Diaphanopellis is a genus of rust fungi in the family Coleosporiaceae. Reported as new to science in 2005, the genus is monotypic, containing the single species Diaphanopellis forrestii, found growing on Rhododendron selense subsp. selense, in the Himalayas.[1]

Diaphanopellis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Pucciniomycetes
Order:
Pucciniales
Family:
Coleosporiaceae
Genus:
Diaphanopellis

P.E.Crane (2005)
Type species
Diaphanopellis forrestii
P.E.Crane (2005)

References
  1. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 203. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.


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