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Lecanoromycetes (Lichens)

Synonyms: Roccellinastraceae

Wikipedia Abstract

Lecanoromycetes is the largest class of lichenized fungi. It belongs to the subphylum Pezizomycotina in the phylum Ascomycota. The asci (spore-bearing cells) of the Lecanoromycetes most often release spores by rostrate dehiscence.
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Order

Acarosporales (362)
Arctomiales (12)
Baeomycetales (214)   (1)
Caliciales (1,441)   (9)
Graphidales (2)
Hymeneliales (38)
Lecanorales (Lichen) (7,012)   (22)
Lecideales (615)
Ostropales (3,554)   (4)
Peltigerales (1,434)   (6)
Pertusariales (925)   (1)
Rhizocarpales (177)
Schaereriales (12)
Teloschistales (1,058)   (2)
Turquoiseomycetales (1)
Umbilicariales (218)   (1)

Genus

Bachmanniomyces (8)
Cecidioskyttea (1)
Dictyocatenulata (1)
Korfiomyces (1)
Scythioria (3)
Trullula (9)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0