Clypeopyrenis
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| Clypeopyrenis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Eurotiomycetes |
| Order: | Pyrenulales |
| Family: | Pyrenulaceae |
| Genus: | Clypeopyrenis Aptroot (1991) |
| Type species | |
| Clypeopyrenis microsperma (Müll.Arg.) Aptroot (1991) | |
| Species | |
Clypeopyrenis is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Pyrenulaceae.[1] The genus was circumscribed in 1991 by Dutch lichenologist André Aptroot, with Clypeopyrenis microsperma assigned as the type species.[2] This lichen, originally described from material collected in Costa Rica, is also found in the Caribbean and South America. Clypeopyrenis porinoides was added to the genus in 2011; it was discovered in Costa Rica, close to the type locality of the type species.[3]
