Pyrenulaceae | |
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Pyrenula pseudobufonia, member of the Pyrenulaceae | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Eurotiomycetes |
Order: | Pyrenulales |
Family: |
Pyrenulaceae Rabenh. (1870) |
Type genus | |
Pyrenula Ach. (1814) |
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Genera | |
Acrocordiella |
Acrocordiella
Anthracothecium
Clypeopyrenis
Distopyrenis
Granulopyrenis
Lacrymospora (placement uncertain)
Lithothelium
Mazaediothecium
Parapyrenis
Polypyrenula
Pyrenographa
Pyrenowilmsia
Pyrenula
Pyrgillus
Sulcopyrenula
The Pyrenulaceae are a family of fungi in the order Pyrenulales. The family was first named by 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 lichenized with green algae on bark.