Lecanorales
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Lecanora muralis | |
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Order: | Lecanorales Nannf. (1932)
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The Lecanorales are an order of mostly lichen-forming fungi belonging to the class Lecanoromycetes in the division Ascomycota. The order contains 26 families, 269 genera, and 5695 species.[1]
Families
- Aphanopsidaceae
- Biatorellaceae
- Brigantiaceae
- Calycidiaceae
- Cladoniaceae
- Crocyniaceae
- Dactylosporaceae
- Ectolechiaceae
- Gypsoplacaceae
- Haematommataceae
- Helocarpaceae
- Lecanoraceae
- Megalariaceae
- Miltideaceae
- Mycoblastaceae
- Parmeliaceae
- Pilocarpaceae
- Psoraceae
- Ramalinaceae
- Sphaerophoraceae
- Stereocaulaceae
- Tephromelataceae
- Vezdaeaceae
References
- ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford: CABI. pp. 364–65. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
External links
- Outline of Ascomycota - 2007
- Class Lecanorales Plant Life Forms