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.

The group is monophyletic (composed only of all the descendants of a common ancestor).

Genera of uncertain placement

There are several genera in the Lecanoromycetes that have not been placed into any order or family. These are:

• Argopsis – 1 sp.
• Ascographa – 1 sp.
• Bartlettiella – 1 sp.
• Bouvetiella – 1 sp.
• Buelliastrum – 2 spp.
• Haploloma – 1 sp.
• Hosseusia – 1 sp.
• Korfiomyces – 1 sp.
• Maronella – 1 sp.
• Petractis – 3 spp.
• Piccolia – 10 spp.
• Ravenelula – 2 spp.
• Robincola – 1 sp.
• Roburnia – 1 sp.

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