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.

Genera

, the following genera are assigned to the family.
  • Acrocordiella
  • Anthracothecium
  • Blastodesmia
  • Clypeopyrenis
  • Daruvedia
  • Distopyrenis
  • Granulopyrenis
  • Lacrymospora
  • Lithothelium
  • Mazaediothecium
  • Micromma
  • Parapyrenis
  • Pyrenographa
  • Pyrenowilmsia
  • Pyrenula
  • Pyrgillus
  • Serusiauxia
  • ''Sulcopyrenula''