Name:		Pyrenastrum Eschw., (1824) page 16, 25 [basionym]
Accepted name:		Pyrenula Ach.
Status:		Genus, lichen-forming
Taxonomic position:		Pyrenulaceae Rabenh. [Family] Pyrenulales Fink ex D. Hawksw. & O.E. Erikss. [Order] Chaetothyriomycetidae Doweld [Subclass] Eurotiomycetes O.E. Erikss. & Winka [Class] Pezizomycotina O.E. Erikss. & Winka [Subdivision / Subphylum] Ascomycota Caval.-Sm. [Division / Phylum] Fungi R.T. Moore [Kingdom]
Constituent taxa:		Species Pyrenastrum acharii Mont. Pyrenastrum album Eschw. Pyrenastrum americanum Spreng. Pyrenastrum bicolor Vain. Pyrenastrum chilense Mont. Pyrenastrum cinnamomeum (Müll. Arg.) Eschw. Pyrenastrum clandestinum (Fée) Müll. Arg. Pyrenastrum compositum Hepp Pyrenastrum cryptothelium Müll. Arg. Pyrenastrum cubanum Müll. Arg. Pyrenastrum depauperatum Malme Pyrenastrum depressum Müll. Arg. Pyrenastrum echinatum Eschw. Pyrenastrum erumpens C.W. Dodge Pyrenastrum eustomum Mont. Pyrenastrum fulvum Malme Pyrenastrum fuscum Mont. Pyrenastrum gallicum Spreng. Pyrenastrum gremmeum Tuck. Pyrenastrum irregulare (Fée) Müll. Arg. Pyrenastrum knightii Müll. Arg. Pyrenastrum lageniferum (Fée) Müll. Arg. Pyrenastrum macrospermum Mont. Pyrenastrum microsporum Malme Pyrenastrum oblitescens (Stirt.) Makhija & Patw. Pyrenastrum oleaginum (Fée) Müll. Arg. Pyrenastrum parathelioides C.W. Dodge Pyrenastrum personatum Malme Pyrenastrum plicatum Eschw. Pyrenastrum pruinosum C.W. Dodge Pyrenastrum pupula Tuck. Pyrenastrum pyrenastraeum (Nyl.) Zahlbr. Pyrenastrum pyrenuloides (Mont.) Nyl. Pyrenastrum ravenelii Tuck. Pyrenastrum seminudum Mont. Pyrenastrum septicollare Eschw. Pyrenastrum sulphureum Eschw. Pyrenastrum tokyoense Müll. Arg. Pyrenastrum trypethelioides Eschw.
Cybertruffle Resources:		Cyberliber Cumulative Index
Links:		Fungal Databases [Systematic Botany and Mycology, USDA] Genbank Google images IMI [CABI Fungus Dried Reference Collection] Index Fungorum Landcare [New Zealand] Mycobank New York Botanic Garden [Virtual Fungus Dried Reference Collection]