Teloschistales
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]
| Teloschistales | |
|---|---|
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| Teloschistes chrysophthalmus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Subclass: | Lecanoromycetidae |
| Order: | Teloschistales D.Hawksw. & O.E.Erikss. (1986) |
| Families | |
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Brigantiaeaceae | |
References
- 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.
- 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. doi:10.1080/09670262.2011.629788.
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