Nyungwea

Nyungwea is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Opegraphaceae.^[1] It was circumscribed in 2006 by Emmanuël Sérusiaux, Eberhard Fischer, and Dorothee Killmann, with Nyungwea pallida assigned as the type species.^[2]

Nyungwea
Nyungwea anguinella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Arthoniomycetes
Order:	Arthoniales
Family:	Opegraphaceae
Genus:	Nyungwea Sérus., Eb.Fischer & Killmann (2006)
Type species
Nyungwea pallida Sérus., Eb.Fischer & Killmann (2006)
Species
N. anguinella N. pallida N. pycnidiata N. pyneei

Species

• Nyungwea anguinella (Nyl.) Aptroot (2017)^[3]
• Nyungwea pallida Sérus., Eb.Fisch. & Killmann (2006)^[2] – Africa
• Nyungwea pycnidiata Aptroot & M.Cáceres (2017)^[3] – Brazil
• Nyungwea pyneei Ertz & Diederich (2020)^[4]

References

1. Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, Laith Khalil Tawfeeq; Somayeh, Dolatabadi; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny; et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere. 11: 1060–1456. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8. hdl:10481/61998.
2. Sérusiaux, Emmanuël; Fischer, Eberhard; Killmann, Dorothee (2006). "Nyungwea, a new genus of lichen with goniocyst-producing stipes from Rwanda and Uganda (East Africa)". The Lichenologist. 38 (2): 115–121. doi:10.1017/s0024282906005548. hdl:2268/175098. S2CID 86818585.
3. Aptroot, André; Cáceres, Marcela Eugenia da Silva (2017). "New Arthoniales from Amapá (Amazonian North Brazil) show unexpected relationships". The Lichenologist. 49 (6): 607–615. doi:10.1017/s0024282917000500. S2CID 90700939.
4. Diederich, P.; Ertz, D. (2020). "First checklist of lichens and lichenicolous fungi from Mauritius, with phylogenetic analyses and the description of new taxa". Plant and Fungal Systematics. 65 (1): 13–75. doi:10.35535/pfsyst-2020-0003. S2CID 226483993.