''Frigidopyrenia'' is a fungal

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in the family

Xanthopyreniaceae Xanthopyreniaceae is a family of lichen-forming fungi in the order Collemopsidiales. The family was circumscribed by lichenologist Alexander Zahlbruckner Alexander Zahlbruckner (31 May 1860, Svätý Jur – 1938, Vienna) was an Austrian- H ...

. It is a

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genus, containing the single species ''Frigidopyrenia bryospila'', a subarctic

crustose lichen Crustose lichens are lichens that form a crust which strongly adheres to the Substrate (biology), substrate (soil, rock, tree bark, etc.), making separation from the substrate impossible without destruction. The basic structure of crustose lichen ...

. This lichen was originally described by Finnish lichenologist William Nylander in 1864 as ''Verrucaria bryospila''. It was shuffled to several genera in its

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history before Martin Grube

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''Frigidopyrenia'' in 2005 to contain it. As of 2017, no molecular

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data was available for ''Frigidopyrenia''.

References

Xanthopyreniaceae Monotypic Dothideomycetes genera Taxa described in 2005 Lichen genera Taxa named by Martin Grube {{Dothideomycetes-stub