Arthoniomycetes
| Arthoniomycetes | |
|---|---|
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| Arthonia radiata magnified 9X, growing on Red Oak bark | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Subdivision: | Pezizomycotina |
| Class: | Arthoniomycetes O.E. Erikss. & Winka 1997 |
| Orders | |
Arthoniomycetes are a class of ascomycete fungi. It includes the single order Arthoniales. Most of the taxa in this class are tropical and subtropical lichens.
Systematics
Phylogenetic analysis supports the monophyly of this class.[1] Dothideomycetes is a sister group.[2]
Characteristics
Taxa have apothecia, cup- or saucer- shaped ascoma in which the hymenium is exposed at maturity. These apothecia are bitunicate - with clearly differentiated inner and out walls.
References
- ↑ Spatafora JW, Sung GH, Johnson D, et al. (2006). "A five-gene phylogeny of Pezizomycotina". Mycologia. 98 (6): 1018–28. doi:10.3852/mycologia.98.6.1018. PMID 17486977.
- ↑ Lumbsch HT, Schmitt I, Lindemuth R, et al. (March 2005). "Performance of four ribosomal DNA regions to infer higher-level phylogenetic relationships of inoperculate euascomycetes (Leotiomyceta)". Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 34 (3): 512–24. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2004.11.007. PMID 15683926.
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