''Pyrenowilmsia'' is a
genus
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of
lichenized fungi
A lichen ( , ) is a composite organism that arises from algae or cyanobacteria living among filaments of multiple fungi species in a mutualistic relationship.[Pyrenulaceae
The Pyrenulaceae are a family of fungi in the order Pyrenulales. The family was first named by German botanist Gottlob Ludwig Rabenhorst in 1870. Species in the family have a widespread distribution, but are especially prevalent in the tropics, wh ...]
. It is a
monotypic
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genus, containing the single species ''Pyrenowilmsia ferruginosa''.
References
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Monotypic Eurotiomycetes genera
Lichen genera
Pyrenulales
Taxa described in 1991
Taxa named by André Aptroot
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