Teloschistales

Teloschistales
Teloschistes chrysophthalmus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Subclass:	Lecanoromycetidae
Order:	Teloschistales D.Hawksw. & O.E.Erikss. (1986)
Families
Brigantiaeaceae Letrouitiaceae Megalosporaceae Teloschistaceae

The Teloschistales are an order of mostly lichen-forming fungi belonging to the class Lecanoromycetes in the division Ascomycota. According to one 2008 estimate, the order contains 5 families, 66 genera, and 1954 species. ^[1] The predominant photobiont partners for the Teloschistales are green algae from the genera Trebouxia and Asterochloris . ^[2]

Molecular phylogenetics

The higher-level phylogenetic relationships of the Teloschistales and other members of the two major subclasses of Lecanoromycetes, Lecanoromycetidae and Ostropomycetidae, were clarified in a 2018 publication by Kraichak and colleagues. In the Teloschistales, the family Teloschistaceae has a sister taxon relationship with Megalosporaceae, and the clade containing these two families is itself sister to a clade containing families Brigantiaeaceae and Letrouitiaceae. ^[3]

Teloschistaceae Usnochroma Rufoplaca scotoplaca Caloplaca conversa Caloplaca variabilis Pyrenodesmia chalybaea Caloplaca teicholyta Caloplaca atroflava Variospora Seirophora Caloplaca isidiigera Caloplaca chlorina Gyalolechia Caloplaca cinnamomea Xanthoria aureola Xanthoria parietina Xanthoria calcicola Caloplaca granulosa Caloplaca polycarpa Polycauliona impolita Xanthopeltis rupicola Xanthomendoza poeltii Xanthomendoza oregana Xanthomendoza weberi Xanthomendoza trachyphylla Xanthomendoza fallax Teloschistes exilis Teloschistes flavicans Niorma chrysophthalma Teloschistes hosseusianus Solitaria chrysophthalma Wetmoreana decipioides Stellarangia elegantissima Sirenophila eos Caloplaca chilensis Megalosporaceae Megalospora Austroblastenia Megaloblastenia marginiflexa Sipmaniella sulphureofusca Brigantiaeaceae Letrouitia Brigantiaea

Cladogram showing the phylogeny of some species in representative genera in family Teloschistaceae and in the order Teloschistales; based on Kraichak et al.'s 2018 revised classification of orders and families in Lecanoromycetes (simplified from original). [3]

Families

• Brigantiaeaceae
• Letrouitiaceae
• Megalosporaceae
• Teloschistaceae

References

1. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford: CABI. p. 680. ISBN   978-0-85199-826-8.
2. Thüs, Holger; Muggia, Lucia; Pérez-Ortega, Sergio; Favero-Longo, Sergio E.; Joneson, Suzanne; O’Brien, Heath; Nelsen, Matthew P.; Duque-Thüs, Rhinaixa; Grube, Martin; Friedl, Thomas; Brodie, Juliet; Andrew, Carrie J.; Lücking, Robert; Lutzoni, François; Gueidan, Cécile (2011). "Revisiting photobiont diversity in the lichen family Verrucariaceae (Ascomycota)". European Journal of Phycology. 46 (4): 399–415. Bibcode:2011EJPhy..46..399T. doi:10.1080/09670262.2011.629788.
3. Kraichak, Ekaphan; Huang, Jen-Pan; Nelsen, Matthew; Leavitt, Steven D.; Lumbsch, H. Thorsten (2018). "A revised classification of orders and families in the two major subclasses of Lecanoromycetes (Ascomycota) based on a temporal approach". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 188 (3): 233–249. doi:10.1093/botlinnean/boy060. S2CID   92280920.