| Pyrenulales | |
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| Herbarium specimen of Pyrenula pseudobufonia, a member of the Pyrenulales. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Eurotiomycetes |
| Subclass: | Chaetothyriomycetidae |
| Order: | Pyrenulales Fink ex D. Hawksw. & O.E. Erikss. (1986) |
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Monoblastiaceae (placement uncertain) | |
The Pyrenulales are an order of ascomycetous fungi within the class Eurotiomycetes and within the subphylum Pezizomycotina.
Taxonomy
As of 2022 the order contains one family, 14 genera and around 296 species.1
- Order Pyrenulales Fink ex D. Hawksw. & O.E. Erikss.
- Family Pyrenulaceae Rabenh.
- Anthracothecium Hampe ex A. Massal. – 5 species
- Blastodesmia A. Massal. – 1 species
- Clypeopyrenis Aptroot – 2 species
- Distopyrenis Aptroot – 8 species
- Granulopyrenis Aptroot – 6 species
- Lithothelium Müll. Arg. – 28 species
- Mazaediothecium Aptroot – 4 species
- Pyrenographa Aptroot – 1 species
- Pyrenowilmsia R.C. Harris & Aptroot – 1 species
- Pyrenula Ach. (=Heufleridium Müll. Arg.; =Stromatothelium Trevis.) – circa 225 species
- Pyrgillus Nyl. – 8 species
- Sulcopyrenula H. Harada – 5 species
- Pyrenulales incertae sedis
- Rhaphidicyrtis Vain. – 1 species
- Xenus Kohlm. & Volkm.-Kohlm. – 1 species
- Family Pyrenulaceae Rabenh.
References
References
- Wijayawardene, N.N.; Hyde, K.D.; Dai, D.Q.; Sánchez-García, M.; Goto, B.T.; Saxena, R.K.; et al. (2022). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa – 2021". Mycosphere. 13 (1): 53–453. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/13/1/2. hdl:10481/76378. S2CID 249054641.