Lecanoromycetes

Lecanoromycetes is the largest class of lichenized fungi.[1] It belongs to the subphylum Pezizomycotina in the phylum Ascomycota.[2] The asci (spore-bearing cells) of the Lecanoromycetes most often release spores by rostrate dehiscence.[1]

Lecanoromycetes
Cladonia sobolescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Subdivision: Pezizomycotina
(unranked): Leotiomyceta
Class: Lecanoromycetes
O. E. Erikss. & Winka
Subclasses and orders

Subclass Acarosporomycetidae

Subclass Lecanoromycetidae

Subclass Ostropomycetidae

incertae sedis (not placed in a subclass)

References

  1. Miadlikowska, Jolanta; Kauff, F; Hofstetter, V; et al. (2006). "New insights into classification and evolution of the Lecanoromycetes (Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota) from phylogenetic analyses of three ribosomal RNA- and two protein-coding genes". Mycologia. 98 (6): 1088–1103. doi:10.3852/mycologia.98.6.1088. PMID 17486983.
  2. Hibbett, David S.; Binder, M; Bischoff, JF; et al. (2007). "A higher-level phylogenetic classification of the Fungi" (PDF). Mycological Research. 111 (Pt 5): 509–547. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.626.9582. doi:10.1016/j.mycres.2007.03.004. PMID 17572334. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-06-10.


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