''Pyrrhospora'' is a
genus
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of
lichen
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-forming
fungi
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in the family
Lecanoraceae
The Lecanoraceae are a family of 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 c ...
.
The genus was
circumscribed In geometry, a circumscribed circle for a set of points is a circle passing through each of them. Such a circle is said to ''circumscribe'' the points or a polygon formed from them; such a polygon is said to be ''inscribed'' in the circle.
* Circum ...
by German lichenologist
Gustav Wilhelm Körber
Gustav Wilhelm Körber (10 January 1817, Jelenia Góra, Hirschberg – 27 January 1885, Breslau) was a Silesian-German lichenologist and a professor at the University of Wrocław, University of Breslau. He specialized in the flora of Central Europ ...
in 1855, with ''
Pyrrhospora quernea'' assigned as the
type species
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.
Species
*''
Pyrrhospora bhutanensis''
*''
Pyrrhospora chlororphnia''
*''
Pyrrhospora endaurantia''
*''
Pyrrhospora fuscisidiata''
*''
Pyrrhospora luminescens''
*''
Pyrrhospora palmicola''
–
Seychelles
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*''
Pyrrhospora quernea''
*''
Pyrrhospora rubiginans''
Several species that were once classified in ''Pyrrhospora'' have since been transferred to the genus ''
Ramboldia''. These include:
*''Pyrrhospora amagiensis'' (now ''
Ramboldia amagiensis
''Ramboldia'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Ramboldiaceae. The genus was circumscribed in 1994 by Gintaras Kantvilas and John Alan Elix. It was emended in 2008 by the inclusion of '' Pyrrhospora'' species containing the anthr ...
'')
*''Pyrrhospora arandensis'' (now ''
Ramboldia arandensis
''Ramboldia'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Ramboldiaceae. The genus was circumscribed in 1994 by Gintaras Kantvilas and John Alan Elix. It was emended in 2008 by the inclusion of '' Pyrrhospora'' species containing the anthra ...
'')
*''Pyrrhospora aurantiaca'' (now ''
Ramboldia aurantiaca
''Ramboldia'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Ramboldiaceae. The genus was circumscribed in 1994 by Gintaras Kantvilas and John Alan Elix. It was emended in 2008 by the inclusion of '' Pyrrhospora'' species containing the anthra ...
'')
*''Pyrrhospora aurea'' (now ''
Ramboldia aurea
''Ramboldia'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Ramboldiaceae. The genus was circumscribed in 1994 by Gintaras Kantvilas and John Alan Elix. It was emended in 2008 by the inclusion of '' Pyrrhospora'' species containing the anthra ...
'')
*''Pyrrhospora bullata'' (now ''
Ramboldia bullata
''Ramboldia'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Ramboldiaceae. The genus was circumscribed in 1994 by Gintaras Kantvilas and John Alan Elix. It was emended in 2008 by the inclusion of '' Pyrrhospora'' species containing the anthra ...
'')
*''Pyrrhospora cinnabarina'' (now ''
Ramboldia cinnabarina
''Ramboldia'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Ramboldiaceae. The genus was circumscribed in 1994 by Gintaras Kantvilas and John Alan Elix. It was emended in 2008 by the inclusion of '' Pyrrhospora'' species containing the anthra ...
'')
*''Pyrrhospora elabens'' (now ''
Ramboldia elabens'')
*''Pyrrhospora gowardiana'' (now ''
Ramboldia gowardiana'')
*''Pyrrhospora griseococcinea'' (now ''
Ramboldia griseococcinea'')
*''Pyrrhospora laeta'' (now ''
Ramboldia laeta'')
*''Pyrrhospora lusitanica'' (now ''
Ramboldia lusitanica'')
*''Pyrrhospora manipurensis'' (now ''
Ramboldia manipurensis'')
*''Pyrrhospora petraeoides'' (now ''
Ramboldia petraeoides
''Ramboldia'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Ramboldiaceae. The genus was circumscribed in 1994 by Gintaras Kantvilas and John Alan Elix. It was emended in 2008 by the inclusion of '' Pyrrhospora'' species containing the anthra ...
'')
*''Pyrrhospora russula'' (now ''
Ramboldia russula'')
*''Pyrrhospora sanguinolenta'' (now ''
Ramboldia sanguinolenta'')
*''Pyrrhospora subcinnabarina'' (now ''
Ramboldia subcinnabarina
''Ramboldia'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Ramboldiaceae. The genus was circumscribed in 1994 by Gintaras Kantvilas and John Alan Elix. It was emended in 2008 by the inclusion of '' Pyrrhospora'' species containing the anthra ...
'')
References
Lecanoraceae
Lichen genera
Lecanorales genera
Taxa named by Gustav Wilhelm Körber
Taxa described in 1855
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