The Catillariaceae are a
family
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of
crustose lichen
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s in the
order
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...
Lecanorales
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.
Families Suborder Lecanorineae
* Biatorellacea ...
. Species of this family have a widespread distribution, especially in
temperate
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areas.
The family was originally
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* Circum ...
by Austrian lichenologist
Josef Hafellner
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in 1984.
Genera
Catillariaceae contains 5 genera and about 44 species.
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Austrolecia''
Hertel (1984) – 1 species
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Catillaria''
A.Massal. (1852) – about 30 species
*''
Placolecis''
Trevis. (1857) – 4 species
*''
Solenopsora''
A.Massal. (1855) – 11 species
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Xanthopsorella''
Kalb & Hafellner (1984) – 1 species
References
Lecanoromycetes families
Lecanorales
Lichen families
Taxa named by Josef Hafellner
Taxa described in 1984
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