Pyrenulaceae

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Pyrenulaceae
File:Lithothelium hyalosporum 583267.jpg
Lithothelium hyalosporum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Pyrenulales
Family: Pyrenulaceae
Rabenh. (1870)
Type genus
Pyrenula
Ach. (1814)
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

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As of March 2024, the following genera are assigned to the family.[2]

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