Clypeopyrenis

Clypeopyrenis is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Pyrenulaceae.^[1] The genus was circumscribed in 1991 by Dutch lichenologist André Aptroot, with Clypeopyrenis microsperma assigned as the type species.^[2] This lichen, originally described from material collected in Costa Rica, is also found in the Caribbean and South America. Clypeopyrenis porinoides was added to the genus in 2011; it was discovered in Costa Rica, close to the type locality of the type species.^[3]

Clypeopyrenis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Eurotiomycetes
Order:	Pyrenulales
Family:	Pyrenulaceae
Genus:	Clypeopyrenis Aptroot (1991)
Type species
Clypeopyrenis microsperma (Müll.Arg.) Aptroot (1991)
Species
C. microsperma C. porinoides