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Pyrgillus

Pyrgillus is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Pyrenulaceae. The genus was circumscribed by the Finnish lichenologist William Nylander in 1858.

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Pyrgillus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Pyrenulales
Family: Pyrenulaceae
Genus: Pyrgillus
Nyl. (1858)
Type species
Pyrgillus americanus
Nyl. (1860)
Synonyms1

Pyrgillus is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Pyrenulaceae.2 The genus was circumscribed by the Finnish lichenologist William Nylander in 1858.3

Species

  • Pyrgillus americanus Nyl. (1860)
  • Pyrgillus aurantiacus Aptroot & M.Cáceres (2018)4
  • Pyrgillus cambodiensis Kashiw., K.H.Moon & Aptroot (2012)
  • Pyrgillus cubanus Nyl. (1876)
  • Pyrgillus fuscus Aptroot (1991)5
  • Pyrgillus idukkiensis Kr.P.Singh & Pushpi Singh (2012)6
  • Pyrgillus indicus (Kremp.) Aptroot (1991)
  • Pyrgillus javanicus (Mont. & Bosch) Nyl. (1858)
  • Pyrgillus rufus Aptroot & M.Cáceres (2018)4
  • Pyrgillus tibellii Kr.P.Singh & Pushpi Singh (2012)6
References

References

  1. "Synonymy. Current Name: Pyrgillus Nyl., Mém. Soc. Imp. Sci. Nat. Cherbourg 5: 334 (1858)". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
  2. "Pyrgillus". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
  3. Nylander, W. (1858). "Enumération générale de lichens, avec l'indication sommaire de leur distribution géographique. Supplément" [General enumeration of lichens, with a brief indication of their geographic distribution. Supplement.]. Mémoires de la Société Impériale des Sciences Naturelles de Cherbourg (in German). 5: 322–339.
  4. Aptroot, André; Sipman, Harrie J.M.; Mercado Diaz, Joel Alejandro; Mendonça, Cléverton de Oliveira; Feuerstein, Shirley Cunha; Cunha-Dias, Iane Paula Rego; Pereira, Thamires Almeida; Cáceres, Marcela Eugenia da Silva (2018). "Eight new species of Pyrenulaceae from the Neotropics, with a key to 3-septate Pyrgillus species". The Lichenologist. 50 (1): 77–87. doi:10.1017/s0024282917000573.
  5. Aptroot, A. (1991). "A monograph of the Pyrenulaceae (excluding Anthracothecium and Pyrenula) and the Requienellaceae, with notes on the Pleomassariaceae, the Trypetheliaceae, and Mycomicrothelia (lichenized and non-lichenized ascomycetes)". Bibliotheca Lichenologica. 44: 83.
  6. Singh, K.P.; Singh, Pushpi (2012). "Genus Pyrgillus Nyl. (lichenized Ascomycota: Pyrenulaceae) in India". Taiwania. 57 (4): 391–395.