Pyrenulaceae

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]

Pyrenulaceae
Lithothelium hyalosporum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Eurotiomycetes
Order:	Pyrenulales
Family:	Pyrenulaceae Rabenh. (1870)
Type genus
Pyrenula Ach. (1814)
Genera
See text

Genera

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

• Acrocordiella O.E.Erikss. (1982)
• Anthracothecium Hampe ex A.Massal. (1860)
• Blastodesmia A.Massal. (1852)
• Clypeopyrenis Aptroot (1991)
• Daruvedia Dennis (1988)
• Distopyrenis Aptroot (1991)
• Granulopyrenis Aptroot (1991)
• Lacrymospora Aptroot (1991)
• Lithothelium Müll.Arg. (1885)
• Mazaediothecium Aptroot (1991)
• Micromma A.Massal. (1860)
• Parapyrenis Aptroot (1991)
• Pyrenographa Aptroot (1991)
• Pyrenowilmsia R.C.Harris & Aptroot (1991)
• Pyrenula Ach. (1814)
• Pyrgillus Nyl. (1858)
• Serusiauxia Ertz & Diederich (2020)
• Sulcopyrenula H.Harada (1999)