The Lecanorales are an order of mostly lichen-forming fungi belonging to the class Lecanoromycetes in the division Ascomycota. The order contains 26 families, 269 genera, and 5695 species.[2]
Lecanorales | |
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Lecanora muralis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Subclass: | Lecanoromycetidae |
Order: | Lecanorales Nannf. (1932) |
Suborder and families[1] | |
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Suborder Lecanorineae
Unplaced families;
There are several genera in the Lecanorales that have not been placed with certainty into any family. These are:[4]