Pulvinaria Bonord., Handb. Allgem. mykol. (Stuttgart): 272 (1851)
MycoBank number: MB 4552; Index Fungorum number: IF 4552; Facesoffungi number: FoF 13807; 4 morphological species (Species Fungorum 2020), 1 species with sequence data.
Type species – Pulvinaria typica Rodway