The Lecanorales are an

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of mostly lichen-forming

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 ...

belonging to the class

Lecanoromycetes Lecanoromycetes is the largest class of lichenized fungi. It belongs to the subphylum Pezizomycotina in the phylum Ascomycota. The asci (spore-bearing cells) of the Lecanoromycetes most often release spores by rostrate dehiscence. Genera of unc ...

in the division

Ascomycota Ascomycota is a phylum of the kingdom Fungi that, together with the Basidiomycota, forms the subkingdom Dikarya. Its members are commonly known as the sac fungi or ascomycetes. It is the largest phylum of Fungi, with over 64,000 species. The de ...

. The order contains 26 families, 269 genera, and 5695

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Families

Aphanopsidaceae Aphanopsidaceae is a family of lichenized fungi in the order Lecanorales. It contains the genera '' Aphanopsis'' and ''Steinia'', comprising five species. The family was circumscribed In geometry, the circumscribed circle or circumcircle of ...

Biatorellaceae Biatorellaceae is a family of lichen-forming fungi in the subclass Lecanoromycetidae. The family is monotypic, and contains the single genus ''Biatorella'', which contains eight species. Species in the genus have a cosmopolitan distribution, t ...

Brigantiaeaceae The Brigantiaeaceae are a family of fungi in the order Teloschistales. Species in this family are lichenized with green algae The green algae (singular: green alga) are a group consisting of the Prasinodermophyta and its unnamed sister whi ...

Bruceomycetaceae Bruceomycetaceae is a small family (biology), family of fungi in the order Lecanorales. It contains two genus, genera, each of which monotypic, contains a single species. Taxonomy The family was circumscription (taxonomy), circumscribed by liche ...

Carbonicolaceae ''Carbonicola'' is a small genus of lichen-forming fungi. It is the sole genus in the monogeneric family Carbonicolaceae. The genus, which collectively has an almost cosmopolitan distribution, contains three squamulose lichens that prefer to g ...

* Catillariaceae * Cladoniaceae * Crocyniaceae *

Dactylosporaceae The Dactylosporaceae or Sclerococcaceae are a family of lichen-forming fungi in the class Eurotiomycetes. It is the only family of the order Sclerococcales and subclass Sclerococcomycetidae. Taxonomy There are currently seven genera in the fami ...

* Gypsoplacaceae *

Haematommataceae ''Haematomma'' is a genus of crustose lichens established by Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo in 1852. It is the sole genus in the Haematommataceae, a family circumscribed by Josef Hafellner in 1984. Commonly called bloodstain lichens, the speci ...

* Lecanoraceae * Malmideaceae *

Pachyascaceae ''Pachyascus'' is the sole genus in the family Pachyascaceae. It contains a single species, the lichen ''Pachyascus lapponicus''. Both the genus and species were described as new to science in 1968 by lichenologists Josef Poelt and Hannes Hertel. ...

* Parmeliaceae *

Pilocarpaceae The Pilocarpaceae are a family of crustose lichens in the order Lecanorales. The species of this family have a cosmopolitan distribution and have been found in a variety of climatic regions. Pilocarpaceae was circumscribed by Alexander Zahlbruck ...

Psilolechiaceae ''Psilolechia'' is a genus of four species of crustose lichens. It is the only member of Psilolechiaceae, a family that was created in 2014 to contain this genus. Taxonomy The genus ''Psilolechia'' was established by Abramo Bartolommeo Massalong ...

* Psoraceae * Ramalinaceae * Ramboldiaceae *

Scoliciosporaceae Scoliciosporaceae is a family of lichen A lichen ( , ) is a composite organism that arises from algae or cyanobacteria living among filaments of multiple fungi species in a mutualistic relationship.Sphaerophoraceae * Stereocaulaceae * Tephromelataceae *

Vezdaeaceae ''Vezdaea'' is a genus of crustose lichens in the monotypic family Vezdaeaceae, which itself is the only taxon in the order Vezdaeales. The genus was circumscribed by Elisabeth Tschermak-Woess and Josef Poelt in 1976. The genus name honours Czec ...

Genera of uncertain placement

There are several genera in the Lecanorales that have not been placed with certainty into any family. These are: *''

Coronoplectrum ''Coronoplectrum'' is a single-species genus of unknown familial placement in the order Lecanorales. The only species in the monotypic genus is ''Coronoplectrum namibicum'', a fruticose (bushy), saxicolous (rock-dwelling) lichen found in N ...

'' – 1 sp. *''

Ivanpisutia ''Biatora'' is a genus of lichens in the family Ramalinaceae. First described in 1817,Fries EM, Sandberg A. (1817). ''Lichenum dianome nova''. Lund. the genus consists of crustose and squamulose lichens with green algal photobionts, biatorine ...

'' – 1 sp. *'' Joergensenia'' – 1 sp. *'' Myochroidea'' – 4 spp. *''

Neopsoromopsis ''Neopsoromopsis'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi of uncertain familial placement in the order Lecanorales. The genus is monotypic, containing the single species ''Neopsoromopsis argentina'', found in Argentina. Both the genus and species w ...

'' – 1 sp. *'' Psoromella'' – 1 sp. *'' Puttea'' – 3 spp. *'' Ramalea'' – 4 spp.

References

External links

Outline of Ascomycota - 2007Class Lecanorales
Plant Life Forms Lichen orders Lecanoromycetes orders Taxa named by John Axel Nannfeldt Taxa described in 1932 {{Lecanorales-stub