''Neocatapyrenium'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
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
circumscribed
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Not every polyg ...
by Hiroshi Harada in 1993, with ''Neocatapyrenium cladonioideum'' assigned as the
type species
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.
Species
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Neocatapyrenium cladonioideum''
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Neocatapyrenium disparatum''
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Neocatapyrenium latzelii''
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Neocatapyrenium radicescens''
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Neocatapyrenium rhizinosum''
References
Verrucariales
Eurotiomycetes genera
Lichen genera
Taxa described in 1993
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