Pyrrhospora

Pyrrhospora is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Lecanoraceae. The genus was circumscribed by German lichenologist Gustav Wilhelm Körber in 1855, with Pyrrhospora quernea assigned as the type species.

Species

 * Pyrrhospora bhutanensis Aptroot (2002)
 * Pyrrhospora chlororphnia (Tuck.) Aptroot & Seaward (2005)
 * Pyrrhospora endaurantia Kalb & Aptroot (2021)
 * Pyrrhospora fuscisidiata Aptroot & Wolseley (2007)
 * Pyrrhospora luminescens Aptroot & Wolseley (2007)
 * Pyrrhospora palmicola Aptroot & Seaward (2009) – Seychelles
 * Pyrrhospora quernea (Dicks.) Körb. (1855)
 * Pyrrhospora rubiginans (Nyl.) P.James & Poelt (1981)

Several species that were once classified in Pyrrhospora have since been transferred to the genus Ramboldia. These include:


 * Pyrrhospora amagiensis (Räsänen) Hafellner (1993) (now Ramboldia amagiensis)
 * Pyrrhospora arandensis Elix (2004) (now Ramboldia arandensis)
 * Pyrrhospora aurantiaca Aptroot & Diederich (1997) (now Ramboldia aurantiaca)
 * Pyrrhospora aurea Kalb & Elix (2001) (now Ramboldia aurea)
 * Pyrrhospora bullata Kalb & Elix 2001) (now Ramboldia bullata)
 * Pyrrhospora cinnabarina (Sommerf.) M. Choisy 1950) (now Ramboldia cinnabarina)
 * Pyrrhospora elabens (Fr.) Hafellner 1993) (now Ramboldia elabens)
 * Pyrrhospora gowardiana T. Sprib. & M. Hauck 2003) (now Ramboldia gowardiana)
 * Pyrrhospora griseococcinea (Nyl.) Hafellner 1993) (now Ramboldia griseococcinea)
 * Pyrrhospora laeta (Stirt.) Hafellner 1992) (now Ramboldia laeta)
 * Pyrrhospora lusitanica (Räsänen) Hafellner 1992) (now Ramboldia lusitanica)
 * Pyrrhospora manipurensis (Kr.P. Singh) Hafellner 1993) (now Ramboldia manipurensis)
 * Pyrrhospora petraeoides (Nyl. ex C. Bab. & Mitt.) Hafellner 1993) (now Ramboldia petraeoides)
 * Pyrrhospora russula (Ach.) Hafellner 1992) (now Ramboldia russula)
 * Pyrrhospora sanguinolenta (Kremp.) Rambold & Hafellner 1989) (now Ramboldia sanguinolenta)
 * Pyrrhospora subcinnabarina (Tønsberg) Hafellner 1993) (now Ramboldia subcinnabarina)