Pyrenulaceae | |
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Lithothelium hyalosporum | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Eurotiomycetes |
Order: | Pyrenulales |
Family: | Pyrenulaceae Rabenh. (1870) |
Type genus | |
Pyrenula Ach. (1814)
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Genera | |
See text |
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]
As of March 2024[update], the following genera are assigned to the family.[2]