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 Edit this 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

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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. ^ a b 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. ^ a b 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.