''Neocatapyrenium'' is a genus of

squamulose lichen A squamulose lichen is a lichen that is composed of small, often overlapping "scales" called squamules. If they are raised from the substrate and appear leafy, the lichen may appear to be a foliose lichen, but the underside does not have a "ski ...

s in the family

Verrucariaceae The Verrucariaceae are a family of mostly lichenised fungi in the order Verrucariales. The lichen-forming species, which comprise the vast majority of the family, have a wide variety of thallus forms, and include crustose (crust-like), foliose ( ...

. It has five species. The genus was

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by Hiroshi Harada in 1993, with ''Neocatapyrenium cladonioideum'' assigned as the type species.

Species

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Neocatapyrenium cladonioideum ''Neocatapyrenium'' is a genus of squamulose lichens in the family Verrucariaceae. It has five species. The genus was circumscription (taxonomy), circumscribed by Hiroshi Harada in 1993, with ''Neocatapyrenium cladonioideum'' assigned as the type ...

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Neocatapyrenium disparatum ''Neocatapyrenium disparatum'' is a species of squamulose lichen in the family Verrucariaceae. Found in the United States, the lichen was described as a new species in 2005 by Othmar Breuss. It is the only member of genus ''Neocatapyrenium'' tha ...

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Neocatapyrenium latzelii ''Neocatapyrenium'' is a genus of squamulose lichens in the family Verrucariaceae. It has five species. The genus was circumscribed by Hiroshi Harada in 1993, with ''Neocatapyrenium cladonioideum'' assigned as the type species. Species *''Neoc ...

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Neocatapyrenium radicescens ''Neocatapyrenium'' is a genus of squamulose lichens in the family Verrucariaceae. It has five species. The genus was circumscribed by Hiroshi Harada in 1993, with ''Neocatapyrenium cladonioideum'' assigned as the type species. Species *''Neoc ...

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Neocatapyrenium rhizinosum ''Neocatapyrenium'' is a genus of squamulose lichens in the family Verrucariaceae. It has five species. The genus was circumscribed by Hiroshi Harada in 1993, with ''Neocatapyrenium cladonioideum'' assigned as the type species. Species *''Neoc ...

References

Verrucariales Eurotiomycetes genera Lichen genera Taxa described in 1993 {{Eurotiomycetes-stub