Richonia is a Monotypic genus of fungi in the family Zopfiaceae.
[2] As two other species were later moved, Richonia boudieri (Arnaud) Arx & E. Müll.
(1975) became a synonym of Rechingeriella boudieri and Richonia duplicispora (J.D.
The genus name of Richonia is in honour of Charles Édouard Richon (1820–1893), who was a French Doctor and botanist (Mycology) in the departement of Marne.
[3] The genus was circumscribed by Jean Louis Emile Boudier in Rev.