The Pyrenulaceae are a

family Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...

fungi A fungus (plural, : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of Eukaryote, eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and Mold (fungus), molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified ...

in the order

Pyrenulales 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. *Order Pyrenulales **Family Pyr ...

. The family was first named by German botanist

Gottlob Ludwig Rabenhorst Gottlob Ludwig Rabenhorst (22 March 1806 – 24 April 24) was a German botanist and mycologist. Biography Rabenhorst was born in Treuenbrietzen. He studied in Berlin and Belzig from 1822 to 1830, worked as a pharmacist in Luckau until 1840, and ...

in 1870. Species in the family have a widespread distribution, but are especially prevalent in the

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, where they grow lichenized with

green algae The green algae (singular: green alga) are a group consisting of the Prasinodermophyta and its unnamed sister which contains the Chlorophyta and Charophyta/ Streptophyta. The land plants ( Embryophytes) have emerged deep in the Charophyte alg ...

on bark.

References

Pyrenulales Lichen families Taxa described in 1870 Taxa named by Gottlob Ludwig Rabenhorst {{Eurotiomycetes-stub