Sarcopyrenia Explained

Sarcopyrenia is a genus of lichenicolous (lichen-dwelling) fungi. It has 11 species. It is the only genus in Sarcopyreniaceae, a family in the order Verrucariales. Sarcopyrenia was circumscribed by Finnish lichenologist William Nylander in 1858, with Sarcopyrenia gibba assigned as the type species. Sarcopyreniaceae is one of the few families composed entirely of lichenicolous fungi.

Species

Host data is from Diederich, Lawrey, and Ertz's 2018 review of lichenicolous fungi.

• Sarcopyrenia acutispora – on Bagliettoa calciseda
• Sarcopyrenia bacillosa – on saxicolous lichens
• Sarcopyrenia bacillospora – on Thelidium and Verrucaria
• Sarcopyrenia baetica – on Lecania cf. erysibe
• Sarcopyrenia beckhausiana – on saxicolous lichens (mostly from family Verrucariaceae)
• Sarcopyrenia calcarea
• Sarcopyrenia cylindrospora – mostly on Aspicilia
• Sarcopyrenia gibba – on saxicolous lichens
• Sarcopyrenia lichinellae – on Lichinella stipatula
• Sarcopyrenia pluriseptata – on Pyrenodesmia variabilis
• Sarcopyrenia sigmoideospora – on Bagliettoa