''Neopsoromopsis'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

lichen A lichen ( , ) is a hybrid colony (biology), colony of algae or cyanobacteria living symbiotically among hypha, filaments of multiple fungus species, along with yeasts and bacteria embedded in the cortex or "skin", in a mutualism (biology), m ...

-forming

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

of uncertain familial placement in the order

Lecanorales The Lecanorales are an order of mostly lichen-forming fungi belonging to the class Lecanoromycetes in the division Ascomycota. The order contains 26 families, 269 genera, and 5695 species. Families Suborder Lecanorineae * Biatorellacea ...

. The genus is

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, containing the single species ''Neopsoromopsis argentina'', found in Argentina. Both the genus and species were described by Hungarian lichenologist Vilmos Kőfaragó-Gyelnik in 1940.

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Lecanorales Lecanorales genera Lichen genera Monotypic Lecanoromycetes genera Taxa described in 1940 Taxa named by Vilmos Kőfaragó-Gyelnik {{Lecanorales-stub