Neocatapyrenium is a genus of squamulose lichens in the family Verrucariaceae. It has five species.[1] The genus was circumscribed by Hiroshi Harada in 1993, with Neocatapyrenium cladonioideum assigned as the type species.[2]

Neocatapyrenium
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Verrucariales
Family: Verrucariaceae
Genus: Neocatapyrenium
H.Harada (1993)
Type species
Neocatapyrenium cladonioideum
(Vain.) H.Harada (1993)
Species

N. cladonioideum
N. disparatum
N. latzelii
N. radicescens
N. rhizinosum

Species

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References

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  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. ^ Harada, H. (1993). "A taxonomic study on Dermatocarpon and its allied genera (Lichenes, Verrucariaceae) in Japan". Natural History Research. 2 (2): 113–152.
  3. ^ Breuss, Othmar (2005). "A new species of the lichen genus Neocatapyrenium (Verrucariaceae) from North America". The Bryologist. 108 (4): 537–539. doi:10.1639/0007-2745(2005)108[0537:ANSOTL]2.0.CO;2. JSTOR 20061144.