The Gyalectaceae are a
family
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of
fungi
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in the order
Gyalectales
''Gyalectales'' is an order of lichen-forming fungi in the class Lecanoromycetes. It contains 5 families, 18 genera and about 550 species.
Taxonomy
The Gyalectales were introduced in a 1974 publication by Aino Henssen and Martin Jahns, but not ...
.
Genera
According to a 2022 estimate, Gyalectaceae contains 6 genera and 89 species (including 11 species in genus ''Cryptolechia'').
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Francisrosea''
– 1 sp.
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Gyalecta
''Gyalecta'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Gyalectaceae that contains 50 species. ''Gyalecta'' was circumscribed by lichenologist Erik Acharius in 1808. It forms associations with Trentepohlia algae.
Selected species
, Speci ...
'' – 50 spp.
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Neopetractis''
– 2 spp.
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Ramonia'' – 24 spp.
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Semigyalecta'' – 1 spp.
The genus ''Cryptolechia'' was
synonymized with ''Gyalecta'' in 2019.
References
Gyalectales
Lecanoromycetes families
Taxa named by Ernst Stizenberger
Taxa described in 1862
Lichen families
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