Lecanoromycetes | |
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Cladonia sobolescens | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
(unranked): | Leotiomyceta |
(unranked): | Dothideomyceta |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes O.E.Erikss. & Winka (1997) |
Subclasses and orders | |
Subclass Acarosporomycetidae Subclass Lecanoromycetidae
Subclass Ostropomycetidae
incertae sedis (not placed in a subclass) |
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]
The group is monophyletic (composed only of all the descendants of a common ancestor). [3]
There are several genera in the Lecanoromycetes that have not been placed into any order or family. These are: [4]