Teloschistales

Teloschistales

Teloschistes chrysophthalmus, member of the Teloschistales order.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Phylum:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Subclass:	Lecanoromycetidae
Order:	Teloschistales D. Hawksw. & O.E. Erikss. (1986)
Families
Caliciaceae Letrouitiaceae Megalosporaceae Physciaceae Teloschistaceae

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]

Families

↑ 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.

Taxon identifiers	EoL: 6030 GBIF: 1050 ITIS: 191608 NCBI: 107465 WoRMS: 438719 MycoBank: 90502 Index Fungorum: 90502

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