Lichenostigmatales

Lichenostigmatales
Lichenostigma cosmopolites growing parasitically on the thallus of the foliose lichen Xanthoparmelia stenophylla
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Arthoniomycetes
Order:	Lichenostigmatales Ertz, Diederich & Lawrey (2014)
Type genus
Lichenostigma Hafellner (1983)
Family & genera
Phaeococcomycetaceae Antarctolichenia Etayoa Lichenostigma Phaeococcomyces

Lichenostigmatales is an order of fungi in the class Arthoniomycetes. It contains the single family Phaeococcomycetaceae. ^[1] Lichenostigmatales was circumscribed in 2014 by Damien Ertz, Paul Diederich, and James D. Lawrey, with genus Lichenostigma assigned as the type. Using molecular phylogenetics, they identified a lineage of taxa in the Arthoniomycetes that were phylogenetically distinct from the order Arthoniales. Species in the Lichenostigmatales include black yeasts, lichenicolous, and melanised rock-inhabiting species. ^[2]

Recent estimates for the number of taxa in the family Phaeococcomycetaceae suggest that it contains 3 genera ( Etayoa , Lichenostigma , and Phaeococcomyces ) and either 31 ^[3] or 37 species. ^[1] The monotypic genus Antarctolichenia was added to Phaeococcomycetaceae in 2021. ^[4]

References

1. Wijayawardene, N.N.; Hyde, K.D.; Dai, D.Q.; Sánchez-García, M.; Goto, B.T.; Saxena, R.K.; et al. (2022). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa – 2021". Mycosphere. 13 (1): 53–453. doi: 10.5943/mycosphere/13/1/2 . hdl: 10481/76378 . S2CID   249054641.
2. Ertz, Damien; Lawrey, James D.; Common, Ralph S.; Diederich, Paul (2013). "Molecular data resolve a new order of Arthoniomycetes sister to the primarily lichenized Arthoniales and composed of black yeasts, lichenicolous and rock-inhabiting species". Fungal Diversity. 66 (1): 113–137. doi:10.1007/s13225-013-0250-9.
3. Source dataset. Species Fungorum Plus: Species Fungorum for CoL+. "Phaeococcomycetaceae". Catalog of Life Version: Annual Checklist 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
4. Muggia, Lucia; Coleine, Claudia; De Carolis, Roberto; Cometto, Agnese; Selbmann, Laura (2021). "Antarctolichenia onofrii gen. nov. sp. nov. from antarctic endolithic communities untangles the evolution of rock-inhabiting and lichenized fungi in Arthoniomycetes". Journal of Fungi. 7 (11): 935. doi: 10.3390/jof7110935 . PMC   8621061 .