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The Gyalectaceae are a
family Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...
of
fungi A fungus (plural, : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of Eukaryote, eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and Mold (fungus), molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified ...
in the order
Gyalectales ''Gyalectales'' is an order of lichen-forming fungi in the class Lecanoromycetes. It contains 5 families, 15 genera and about 550 species. Taxonomy The Gyalectales were introduced in a 1974 publication by Aino Henssen and Martin Jahns, but not ...
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Genera

According to a 2022 estimate, Gyalectaceae contains 6 genera and 89 species (including 11 species in genus ''Cryptolechia''). *'' Francisrosea'' – 1 sp. *'' Gyalecta'' – 50 spp. *'' Neopetractis'' – 2 spp. *'' Ramonia'' – 24 spp. *'' 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 {{Lecanoromycetes-stub