Lecanoromycetes

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Lecanoromycetes
Cladonia sobolescens
Scientific classification Edit this 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

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]

They are

monophyletic (a group of taxa composed only of all the descendants of a common ancestor).[3]

Genera of uncertain placement

There are several genera in the Lecanoromycetes that have not been placed into any order or family. These are:[4]

References