Sarcopyrenia

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.^[2] Sarcopyrenia was circumscribed by Finnish lichenologist William Nylander in 1858, with Sarcopyrenia gibba assigned as the type species.^[3] Sarcopyreniaceae is one of the few families composed entirely of lichenicolous fungi.^[4]

Sarcopyrenia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Eurotiomycetes
Order:	Verrucariales
Family:	Sarcopyreniaceae Nav.-Ros. & Cl.Roux (1998)
Genus:	Sarcopyrenia Nyl. (1858)
Type species
Sarcopyrenia gibba Nyl. (1856)
Species
See text
Synonyms[1]
Sarcopyreniomyces Cif. & Tomas. (1953) Sarcopyreniopsis Cif. & Tomas. (1953)

Species

Host data is from Diederich, Lawrey, and Ertz's 2018 review of lichenicolous fungi.^[4]

• Sarcopyrenia acutispora Nav.-Ros. & Cl.Roux (1998)^[5] – on Bagliettoa calciseda
• Sarcopyrenia bacillosa (Nyl.) Nav.-Ros. & Hladun (2004) – on saxicolous lichens
• Sarcopyrenia bacillospora Nav.-Ros. & Hladun (1990)^[6] – on Thelidium and Verrucaria
• Sarcopyrenia baetica Nav.-Ros. & Hladun (2009)^[7] – on Lecania cf. erysibe
• Sarcopyrenia beckhausiana (J.Lahm) M.B.Aguirre, Nav.-Ros. & Hladun (1990) – on saxicolous lichens (mostly from family Verrucariaceae)
• Sarcopyrenia calcarea Lendemer & R.C.Harris (2013)^[8]
• Sarcopyrenia cylindrospora (P.Crouan & H.Crouan) M.B.Aguirre (1990) – mostly on Aspicilia
• Sarcopyrenia gibba (Nyl.) Nyl. (1858) – on saxicolous lichens
• Sarcopyrenia lichinellae Nav.-Ros. & Hladun (2009)^[7] – on Lichinella stipatula
• Sarcopyrenia pluriseptata Nav.-Ros. & Cl.Roux (2009)^[7] – on Pyrenodesmia variabilis
• Sarcopyrenia sigmoideospora Tretiach & Nav.-Ros. (1996)^[9] – on Bagliettoa

References

1. "Synonymy: Sarcopyrenia Nyl., Mém. Soc. Acad. Maine Loire 4: 69 (1858)". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
2. Wijayawardene, N.N.; Hyde, K.D.; Dai, D.Q.; Sánchez-García, M.; Goto, B.T.; Saxena, R.K.; et al. (2022). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa – 2021". Mycosphere. 13 (1): 53–453. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/13/1/2. hdl:10481/76378.
3. Nylander, W. (1858). Expositio synoptica Pyrenocarpeorum (in Latin). p. 69.
4. Diederich, Paul; Lawrey, James D.; Ertz, Damien (2018). "The 2018 classification and checklist of lichenicolous fungi, with 2000 non-lichenized, obligately lichenicolous taxa". The Bryologist. 121 (3): 340–425. doi:10.1639/0007-2745-121.3.340. S2CID 92396850.
5. Navarro-Rosinés, P.; Roux, C.; Bricaud, O. (1998). "Sarcopyrenia acutispora Nav.-Ros. et Cl. Roux sp. nov., nelikeniginta fungo likenloga (Ascomycetes, Verrucariales, Sarcopyreniaceae Nav.-Ros. et Cl. Roux fam. nov.)". Bulletin de la Société Linnéenne de Provence. 49: 125–135.
6. Navarro-Rosinés, P.; Hladun, N.L. (1990). "El género Sacropyrenia Nyl. (ascomicetes liquenícolas) en Europa y norte de Africa". Candollea. 45: 469–489.
7. Navarro-Rosinés, P.; Gueidan, C.; Hladun, N.L.; Roux, C. (2009). "Sinopsis de género Sarcopyrenia (Ascomycota, hongos liquenícolas), con la descripción de tres nuevas especies". Revista Catalana de Micologia. 31: 49–69.
8. Lendemer, J.C.; Harris, R.C.; Tripp, E.A. (2013). The Lichens and allied fungi of Great Smoky Mountains National Park: an annotated checklist with comprehensive keys. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden. Vol. 104. p. 43. ISBN 978-0-89327-521-1.
9. Tretiach, M.; Navarro-Rosinés, P. (1996). "Sarcopyrenia sigmoideospora sp. nov., a lichenicolous Ascomycete growing on Verrucaria gr. parmigera". Nova Hedwigia. 62 (1–2): 249–254.