Table 2.
Systematic placement of selected pyrenocarpous lichens according to different concepts.
| Genus | Zahlbruckner 1926 | Barr 1987 | Harris 1995 | current |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Celothelium | Pyrenocarpeae | Loculoascomycetes | Loculoascomycetes | Eurotiomycetes |
| (as Leptorhaphis) | Pleosporales | Melanommatales | Pyrenulales | |
| Pyrenulaceae | Pleosporaceae | Thelenellaceae | Celotheliaceae | |
| Lithothelium | Pyrenocarpeae | Loculoascomycetes | Loculoascomycetes | Eurotiomycetes |
| Astrotheliaceae | Melanommatales | Melanommatales | Pyrenulales | |
| Pyrenula | Pyrenocarpeae | Pyrenulaceae | Pyrenulaceae | Pyrenulaceae |
| Pyrenulaceae | ||||
| Arthopyrenia | Pyrenocarpeae | Loculoascomycetes | Loculoascomycetes | Dothideomycetes |
| Pyrenulaceae | Pleosporales | Pleosporales | Pleosporales | |
| Arthopyreniaceae | Pleosporaceae | Arthopyreniaceae | ||
| Acrocordia | Pyrenocarpeae | Loculoascomycetes | Loculoascomycetes | Dothideomycetes |
| Anisomeridium | (as Arthopyrenia) | Melanommatales | Melanommatales | incertae sedis |
| Pyrenulaceae | Acrocordiaceae | Monoblastiaceae | Monoblastiaceae | |
| Phyllobathelium | Pyrenocarpeae | Loculoascomycetes | Loculoascomycetes | Dothideomycetes |
| Strigula | Strigulaceae | Chaetothyriales | Melanommatales | incertae sedis |
| Strigulaceae | Strigulaceae | Strigulaceae | ||
| Astrothelium | Pyrenocarpeae | Loculoascomycetes | Loculoascomycetes | Dothideomycetes |
| Astrotheliaceae | Melanommatales | Melanommatales | Trypetheliales | |
| Campylothelium | Pyrenocarpeae | Trypetheliaceae | Trypetheliaceae | Trypetheliaceae |
| Paratheliaceae | ||||
| Laurera | Pyrenocarpeae | |||
| Trypetheliaceae | ||||
| Pseudopyrenula | Pyrenocarpeae | |||
| Pyrenulaceae | ||||
| Trypethelium | Pyrenocarpeae | |||
| Trypetheliaceae | ||||
| Mycomicrothelia | Pyrenocarpeae | Loculoascomycetes | Loculoascomycetes | Dothideomycetes |
| (as Microthelia) | Pleosporales | Pleosporales | Trypetheliales | |
| Strigulaceae | Arthopyreniaceae | Arthopyreniaceae | Trypetheliaceae? | |
| Porina | Pyrenocarpeae | Hymenoascomycetes | Lecanoromycetes | |
| Pyrenulaceae | Trichotheliales | Ostropales | ||
| Trichothelium | Pyrenocarpeae | Trichotheliaceae | Porinaceae | |
| Strigulaceae | — |