Ostropomycetidae | |
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The lichen Graphis scripta, Jones County, Georgia, USA | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Subclass: | Ostropomycetidae Reeb, Lutzoni, & Cl.Roux (2004) |
Orders | |
The Ostropomycetidae are a subclass of mostly lichen-forming fungi in the class Lecanoromycetes. The subclass was circumscribed in 2004 by Catherine Reeb, François M. Lutzoni, and Claude Roux.[1] It contains ten orders and 36 families.[2]
Arctomiaceae is the only family in the Ostropomycetidae that associates with cyanobacteria of the order Nostocales as its main photobiont partner.[3]
The following taxa are of uncertain classification (incertae sedis) in the Ostropomycetidae:[2]
Family incertae sedis:
Genera incertae sedis: