Genus of lichens
| Nyungwea | |
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| Nyungwea anguinella | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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 | |
Nyungwea is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Opegraphaceae. It was circumscribed in 2006 by Emmanuël Sérusiaux, Eberhard Fischer, and Dorothee Killmann, with Nyungwea pallida assigned as the type species.
Species
- Nyungwea anguinella (Nyl.) Aptroot (2017)
- Nyungwea pallida Sérus., Eb.Fisch. & Killmann (2006) – Africa
- Nyungwea pycnidiata Aptroot & M.Cáceres (2017) – Brazil
- Nyungwea pyneei Ertz & Diederich (2020)
References
- 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- 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.
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| Nyungwea | |
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