Pyrenulaceae
| Pyrenulaceae | |
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| Lithothelium hyalosporum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Eurotiomycetes |
| Order: | Pyrenulales |
| Family: | Rabenh. (1870) |
| Type genus | |
| Pyrenula Ach. (1814)
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| Genera | |
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The Pyrenulaceae are a family of mostly lichenized fungi in the order Pyrenulales. The family was circumscribed by the German botanist Gottlob Ludwig Rabenhorst in 1870. Species in the family have a widespread distribution, but are especially prevalent in the tropics, where they grow with green algae on bark.[1]
Genera
As of March 2024, the following genera are assigned to the family.[2]
- Acrocordiella O.E.Erikss. (1982)
- Anthracothecium Hampe ex A.Massal. (1860)
- Blastodesmia A.Massal. (1852)
- Clypeopyrenis Aptroot (1991)
- Daruvedia Dennis (1988)
- Distopyrenis Aptroot (1991)
- Granulopyrenis Aptroot (1991)
- Lacrymospora Aptroot (1991)
- Lithothelium Müll.Arg. (1885)
- Mazaediothecium Aptroot (1991)
- Micromma A.Massal. (1860)
- Parapyrenis Aptroot (1991)
- Pyrenographa Aptroot (1991)
- Pyrenowilmsia R.C.Harris & Aptroot (1991)
- Pyrenula Ach. (1814)
- Pyrgillus Nyl. (1858)
- Serusiauxia Ertz & Diederich (2020)
- Sulcopyrenula H.Harada (1999)
References
- ^ Cannon & Kirk 2007, p. 305.
- ^ Catalogue of Life.
Sources
- Cannon, PF; Kirk, PM (2007). Fungal Families of the World. Wallingford, UK: CABI. ISBN 978-0-85199-827-5.
- "Pyrenulaceae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 13 March 2024.