Strigulales is an

order Order, ORDER or Orders may refer to: * A socio-political or established or existing order, e.g. World order, Ancien Regime, Pax Britannica * Categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood ...

lichen A lichen ( , ) is a hybrid colony (biology), colony of algae or cyanobacteria living symbiotically among hypha, filaments of multiple fungus species, along with yeasts and bacteria embedded in the cortex or "skin", in a mutualism (biology), m ...

-forming

fungi A fungus (: fungi , , , or ; or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and mold (fungus), molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as one ...

in the class

Dothideomycetes Dothideomycetes is the largest and most diverse class of ascomycete fungi. It comprises 11 orders 90 families, 1,300 genera and over 19,000 known species. Wijayawardene et al. in 2020 added more orders to the class. Traditionally, most of it ...

. It contains two families: Strigulaceae and Tenuitholiascaceae, with a combined total of 115 species. The order was proposed by

Robert Lücking Robert Lücking (born 1964) is a German lichenologist, known for his extensive research on foliicolous lichens (lichens that live on leaves) and his significant contributions to the taxonomy, ecology, and biodiversity of fungi and lichens. He e ...

, Matthew Nelsen, and Kevin Hyde in 2013. Most species in the order are

foliicolous Foliicolous refers to the growth habit of certain lichens, algae, fungi, liverworts, and other bryophytes that prefer to grow on the leaves of vascular plants. ''Foliicolous'' simply means 'growing upon leaves' whilst epiphyllous derives from the ...

, that is, they grow on plant leaves.

Families and genera

According to a recent (2022) review of fungal classification, Strigulales contains 15 genera and a total of 115 species across two families. * Strigulaceae ::*'' Dichoporis'' – 18 spp. ::*'' Flagellostrigula'' – 1 sp. ::*'' Flavobathelium'' – 1 sp. ::*'' Oletheriostrigula'' – 1 sp. ::*''

Phyllobathelium ''Phyllobathelium'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Strigulaceae. It comprises eight species of foliicolous (leaf-dwelling, crustose lichens. Taxonomy The Swiss lichenologist Johannes Müller Argoviensis first proposed ''Phyll ...

'' – 5 spp. ::*'' Phyllocharis'' – 1 sp. ::*'' Phyllocraterina'' – 2 spp. ::*''

Phylloporis ''Phylloporis'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Strigulaceae. It comprises seven species that are primarily found growing on leaves, with occasional occurrences on bark or on rocks. Taxonomy The genus ''Phylloporis'' was o ...

'' – 9 spp. ::*'' Puiggariella'' – 4 spp. ::*'' Raciborskiella'' – 2 spp. ::*'' Racoplaca'' – 5 spp. ::*'' Serusiauxiella'' – 3 spp. ::*'' Strigula'' – ca. 30 spp. ::*'' Swinscowia'' – 34 spp. * Tenuitholiascaceae ::*'' Tenuitholiascus'' – 1 sp.

References

Dothideomycetes Ascomycota orders Lichen orders Taxa described in 2013 Taxa named by Robert Lücking {{Dothideomycetes-stub