What is "pulvinaria"

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

Pulvinaria is a scale insect genus in the family Coccidae. The type species is Coccus vitis Linnaeus.

Pulvinaria may refer to:

• Pulvinaria (fungus), a fungus genus in the class Sordariomycetes
• Pulvinaria (insect), a scale insect genus in the family Coccidae
• Toxorhina pulvinaria, a crane fly species in the genus Toxorhina
• pulvinaria (Latin plural), couches for the gods used in religious rituals; see Glossary of ancient Roman religion#pulvinar