Sarcopyrenia

Sarcopyrenia is a genus of lichenicolous (lichen-dwelling) fungi. It has 11 species. It is the only genus in Sarcopyreniaceae, a family in the order Verrucariales. Sarcopyrenia was circumscribed by Finnish lichenologist William Nylander in 1858, with Sarcopyrenia gibba assigned as the type species. Sarcopyreniaceae is one of the few families composed entirely of lichenicolous fungi.

Species
Host data is from Diederich, Lawrey, and Ertz's 2018 review of lichenicolous fungi.
 * Sarcopyrenia acutispora Nav.-Ros. & Cl.Roux (1998) – on Bagliettoa calciseda
 * Sarcopyrenia bacillosa (Nyl.) Nav.-Ros. & Hladun (2004) – on saxicolous lichens
 * Sarcopyrenia bacillospora Nav.-Ros. & Hladun (1990) – on Thelidium and Verrucaria
 * Sarcopyrenia baetica Nav.-Ros. & Hladun (2009) – on Lecania cf. erysibe
 * Sarcopyrenia beckhausiana (J.Lahm) M.B.Aguirre, Nav.-Ros. & Hladun (1990) – on saxicolous lichens (mostly from family Verrucariaceae)
 * Sarcopyrenia calcarea Lendemer & R.C.Harris (2013)
 * Sarcopyrenia cylindrospora (P.Crouan & H.Crouan) M.B.Aguirre (1990) – mostly on Aspicilia
 * Sarcopyrenia gibba (Nyl.) Nyl. (1858) – on saxicolous lichens
 * Sarcopyrenia lichinellae Nav.-Ros. & Hladun (2009) – on Lichinella stipatula
 * Sarcopyrenia pluriseptata Nav.-Ros. & Cl.Roux (2009) – on Pyrenodesmia variabilis
 * Sarcopyrenia sigmoideospora Tretiach & Nav.-Ros. (1996) – on Bagliettoa