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Lecanoromycetes
Class of lichenized fungi / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lecanoromycetes is the largest class of lichenized 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]
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Lecanoromycetes | |
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Cladonia sobolescens | |
Scientific 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)
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They are monophyletic (a group of taxa composed only of all the descendants of a common ancestor).[3]