Illustrations of Rhizophydium species used as exemplar taxa for each key:
Credits and sources
KEY TO SECTION 1:
R. porosum (Sparrow and Lange 1977)
R. karlingii (Karling 1938 as R. laterale)
R. canterae (Canter 1947)
KEY TO SECTION 2:
R. vermicola (Sparrow 1943)
R. novae-zeylandiensis (Karling 1967)
R. scenedesmi (Fott 1967)
KEY TO SECTION 3:
R. racemosum (Gaertner 1954)
R. nodulosum (Karling 1948)
R. utriculare (Uebelmesser 1956)
KEY TO SECTION 4:
R. apiculatum (Karling 1946)
R. conicum (Karling 1946)
R. anomalum (Canter 1950)
KEY TO SECTION 5:
R. obpyriformis (Karling 1946 as Phlyctidium mycetophagum)
R. pedicellatum (Paterson 1956)
R. echinatum (Dangeard 1888 as Chytridium echinatum)
KEY TO SECTION 6:
R. goniosporum (based on Scherffel 1925)
R. ephippium (Canter 1950)
R. columnaris (Canter 1947)
KEY TO SECTION 7:
R. messanense (Morini 1896)
R. verrucosum (Cejp 1933)
R. fusus (Sparrow 1960, pg. 228)
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