| Pyrenulaceae | |
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| Lithothelium hyalosporum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Eurotiomycetes |
| Order: | Pyrenulales |
| Family: | Pyrenulaceae 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[edit]
As of March 2024[update], the following genera are assigned to the family.[2]
- Acrocordiella
- Anthracothecium
- Blastodesmia
- Clypeopyrenis
- Daruvedia
- Distopyrenis
- Granulopyrenis
- Lacrymospora
- Lithothelium
- Mazaediothecium
- Melanothecopsis
- Micromma
- Parapyrenis
- Pleurotrema
- Pyrenographa
- Pyrenowilmsia
- Pyrenula
- Pyrgillus
- Serusiauxia
- Sulcopyrenula
References[edit]
- ^ Cannon & Kirk 2007, p. 305.
- ^ Catalogue of Life.
Sources[edit]
- 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.