Lecanoromycetes

Lecanoromycetes
	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 Acarosporales; Subclass Lecanoromycetidae Caliciales; Lecanorales; Lecideales; Leprocaulales; Peltigerales; Rhizocarpales; Sporastatiales; Teloschistales; Subclass Ostropomycetidae Agyriales; Baeomycetales; Graphidales; Gyalectales; Odontotrematales; Ostropales; Pertusariales; Sarrameanales; Schaereriales; Thelenellales; incertae sedis (not placed in a subclass) Candelariales; Micropeltidales; Turquoiseomycetales; Umbilicariales;

Lecanoromycetes is the largest class of lichenized fungi. It belongs to the subphylum Pezizomycotina in the phylum Ascomycota. The asci (spore-bearing cells) of the Lecanoromycetes most often release spores by rostrate dehiscence.

They are monophyletic (a group of taxa composed only of all the descendants of a common ancestor).

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