Xanthopyreniaceae is a

family Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...

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 ...

in the order

Collemopsidiales Collemopsidiales is an order of fungi in the class Dothideomycetes. First circumscribed by Sergio Pérez-Ortega, Isaac Garrido-Benavent and Martin Grube in 2016, it contains a single family Family (from ) is a Social group, group of peopl ...

. The family was

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by lichenologist

Alexander Zahlbruckner Alexander Zahlbruckner (31 May 1860, Svätý Jur – 1938, Vienna) was an Austrian- Hungarian botanist who specialized in the study of lichens. Johann Babtist Zahlbruckner, an earlier Austrian botanist, was his grandfather. From 1878 to 1883 ...

in 1926.

Genera

This is a list of the genera in the Xanthopyreniaceae, based on a 2022 review and summary of fungal classification by Wijayawardene and colleagues. Following the genus name is the

taxonomic authority In biology, taxonomy () is the scientific study of naming, defining ( circumscribing) and classifying groups of biological organisms based on shared characteristics. Organisms are grouped into taxa (singular: taxon), and these groups are given ...

(those who first circumscribed the genus; standardized author abbreviations are used), year of publication, and the number of species: *''

Collemopsidium ''Collemopsidium'' is a genus of fungi in the family Xanthopyreniaceae. Some members of this genus are marine species, and described as "borderline lichens" or "algicolous" fungi. Taxonomy The genus was circumscribed by the Finnish lichenologi ...

'' – 27 spp. *''

Didymellopsis ''Didymellopsis'' is a genus of lichenicolous (lichen-dwelling) fungi in the family Xanthopyreniaceae. Species , Species Fungorum (in the Catalogue of Life) accepts seven species of ''Didymellopsis''. * '' Didymellopsis collemata'' – host: ' ...

'' – 6 spp. *''

Frigidopyrenia ''Frigidopyrenia'' is a fungal genus in the family Xanthopyreniaceae. It is a monotypic genus, containing the single species ''Frigidopyrenia bryospila'', a subarctic crustose lichen. This lichen was originally described by the Finnish lichenolo ...

'' – 1 sp. *'' Rhagadodidymellopsis'' – 1 sp. *''

Zwackhiomacromyces ''Zwackhiomacromyces'' is a genus of lichenicolous (lichen-dwelling) fungi in the family Xanthopyreniaceae. It has two species. The genus is distinguished by its black, pear-shaped fruiting bodies () with large, nipple-shaped ostioles that have ...

'' – 2 spp. *''

Zwackhiomyces ''Zwackhiomyces'' is a genus of lichenicolous fungus, lichenicolous (lichen-dwelling) fungi in the family Xanthopyreniaceae. Taxonomy The genus was circumscription (taxonomy), circumscribed by Martin Grube and Josef Hafellner in 1990, with ''Zw ...

'' – 35 spp.

References

* * Dothideomycetes families Lichen families Taxa described in 1926 Taxa named by Alexander Zahlbruckner {{Dothideomycetes-stub