Arctomiaceae

The Arctomiaceae are a family of lichenized fungi in the Ascomycota, class Baeomycetales.[1] The family was named by Theodor Magnus Fries in 1861.[2] Species in this family are found in arctic and subarctic habitats, usually associated with bryophytes.[3]

Arctomiaceae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Ascomycota
Class:
Lecanoromycetes
Order:
Baeomycetales
Family:
Arctomiaceae

Th.Fr. (1861)
Type genus
Arctomia
Th.Fr. (1860)
Genera

Arctomia
Gregorella
Steinera
Wawea

References
  1. Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, LKT; Dolatabadi, S; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny; et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere. 11: 1060–1456. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8.
  2. Fries TM. (1861). "Lichenes arctoi Europae Groenlandiaeque hactenus cogniti". Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum upsaliensis (in Latin). 3 (ser. 3): 103–398.
  3. Cannon PF, Kirk PM (2007). Fungal Families of the World. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 17. ISBN 978-0-85199-827-5.


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