The Coccotremataceae are a

family Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...

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

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in the order

Pertusariales The Pertusariales are an order (biology), order of fungi in the class Lecanoromycetes, comprising 8 family (biology), families, 31 genera, and over 600 species, many of which form lichens. This diverse group is characterized by complex taxonomy ...

. Species in this widely distributed family grow on bark or rocks, especially in maritime regions.

Genera

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accepts 3 genera and 23 species, in the family Coccotremataceae. This is a list of the genera in the Coccotremataceae based on a 2020 review and summary of fungal

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by Wijayawardene and colleagues. Following the genus name is the

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(those who first circumscribed the genus; standardized author abbreviations are used), year of publication, and the number of species: *'' Coccotrema'' – 16 spp. *'' Gyalectaria'' – 3 spp. *'' Parasiphula'' – 7 spp.

References

Pertusariales Lichen families Lecanoromycetes families Taxa described in 1991 Taxa named by David Leslie Hawksworth {{Pertusariales-stub