Pyropyxis is a genus of fungi in the family Pyronemataceae.

It was circumscribed in 1984 by Keith Egger, to contain the single species Pyropyxis rubra.

[2] The genus name, said to be derived from the Greek word for "fire" (pyros) and the Latin word pyxis, refers to the segregation of this species from the genus Geopyxis.

[1] The proper word in ancient Greek for "fire" is however pyr (πῦρ).

[3] Fruit bodies of the fungus are cup shaped, with a pink to reddish-orange color.