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Ceramothyrium is a genus of ascomycete fungi in the family Chaetothyriaceae. In 2024, Ceramothyrium ryukyuense was described from Okinawa Island, Japan, as the first lichen-forming member of Ceramothyrium – and the first confirmed lichenised lineage in the family Chaetothyriaceae – forming a thin, leaf-dwelling thallus with a Trentepohliales green-algal photobiont partner.

Caprettia is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Monoblastiaceae. The genus was circumscribed by Augusto Chaves Batista and Heraldo da Silva Maia in 1965, with Caprettia amazonensis assigned as the type species. The genus name of Caprettia is in honour of Corrado Capretti (1915–1960), an Italian botanist and professor at University of the Andes (Venezuela) in 1956.

Aspergillus heteromorphus is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. A. heteromorphus belongs to the group of black Aspergilli which are important industrial workhorses. A. heteromorphus belongs to the Nigri section. The species was first described in 1957. The species has been found in Brazil. It has been isolated from both rice straws, wheat straws, and sugarcane bagasse. This species can produce sclerotia and some mid-polar indole compounds. It produces a series of other not well-characterized exometabolites. The genome of A. heteromorphus was sequenced and published in 2014 as part

Aspergillus clavatonanicus is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. It is from the Clavati section. The species was first described in 1955. A. clavatonanicus has been reported to produce antafumicins, glyanthrypine, kotanins, tryptoquivalines, and tryptoquivalones.

Physalosporopsis is a genus of fungi in the class Dothideomycetes. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the class is unknown (incertae sedis). Also, the placement of this genus within the Dothideomycetes is uncertain. A monotypic genus, it contains the single species Physalosporopsis rhizophoricola.

Paecilomyces dactylethromorphus is a species of fungus in the genus Paecilomyces in the order of Eurotiales.

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Globoa is a genus of fungi in the class Dothideomycetes. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the class is unknown (incertae sedis).

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Trichothyriomyces is a genus of fungi in the Microthyriaceae family. This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Trichothyriomyces notatus.

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Leucoconiella is a genus of fungi in the Ascomycota phylum. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the phylum is unknown (incertae sedis), and it has not yet been placed with certainty into any class, order, or family. This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Leucoconiella paraguayensis.

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Gibellulopsis is a genus of fungi belonging to the family Plectosphaerellaceae. The genus was first described by Augusto Chaves Batista and Heraldo da Silva Maia in Anais Soc. Biol. Pernambuco Vol.16 on page 153 in 1959. The genus name of Gibellia is in honour of Giuseppe Gibelli (1831 – 1898), who was an Italian botanist and lichenologist who was a native of Santa Cristina e Bissone. Species: Gibellulopsis nigrescens (Pethybr.) Zare, W. Gams & Summerb, 2007

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Lyromma is a genus of foliicolous (leaf-dwelling) lichens, and the sole member of Lyrommataceae, a family in the order Chaetothyriales. The genus was circumscribed in 1965 by Brazilian mycologists Augusto Chaves Batista and Heraldo da Silva Maia, with Lyromma nectandrae assigned as the type species. The family was proposed by Robert Lücking in 2008. Characteristics of the genus include the spherical to short barrel-shaped perithecia and elongated barrel-shaped pycnidia, and smooth thalli (lacking a cortex) of rounded patches formed by its symbiotic relationship with green algae from the genus

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