''Lecanorineae'' are a suborder of

pezizomycetes Pezizomycetes are a class of fungi within the division Ascomycota. Pezizomycetes are apothecial fungi, meaning that their spore-producing/releasing bodies (ascoma) are typically disk-like, bearing on their upper surfaces a layer of cylindrical s ...

fungi, commonly known as the

lichen A lichen ( , ) is a composite organism that arises from algae or cyanobacteria living among filaments of multiple fungi species in a mutualistic relationship.rostrate

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Families

Aphanopsidaceae Aphanopsidaceae is a family of lichenized fungi in the order Lecanorales. It contains the genera '' Aphanopsis'' and ''Steinia'', comprising five species. The family was circumscribed In geometry, the circumscribed circle or circumcircle of ...

* Byssolomataceae *

Carbonicolaceae ''Carbonicola'' is a small genus of lichen-forming fungi. It is the sole genus in the monogeneric family Carbonicolaceae. The genus, which collectively has an almost cosmopolitan distribution, contains three squamulose lichens that prefer to g ...

Catillariaceae The Catillariaceae are a family of crustose lichens in the order Lecanorales. Species of this family have a widespread distribution, especially in temperate areas. The family was originally circumscribed by Austrian lichenologist Josef Hafellner ...

Cetradoniaceae ''Cetradonia'' is a lichen genus in the family Cladoniaceae. A monotypic genus, ''Cetradonia'' contains the single species ''Cetradonia linearis'' (formerly known as ''Cladonia linearis'' and as ''Gymnoderma lineare''). The genus was circumscribe ...

* Cladoniaceae * Crocyniaceae *

Gypsoplacaceae Gypsoplacaceae is a family of lichenized fungi in the order Lecanorales. This is a monotypic family, containing the single genus ''Gypsoplaca'', which has a widespread distribution. The family and genus were described as new in 1990 by Norwegian ...

Haematommataceae ''Haematomma'' is a genus of crustose lichens established by Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo in 1852. It is the sole genus in the Haematommataceae, a family circumscribed by Josef Hafellner in 1984. Commonly called bloodstain lichens, the speci ...

* Lecanoraceae *

Malmideaceae Malmideaceae is a family of crustose and corticolous lichens in the order Lecanorales. It contains eight genera and about 70 species. Taxonomy Malmideaceae was created in 2011 to accommodate a group of species, formerly placed in genus ''Malcolm ...

* Micareaceae * Parmeliaceae * Porpidiaceae *

Psilolechiaceae ''Psilolechia'' is a genus of four species of crustose lichens. It is the only member of Psilolechiaceae, a family that was created in 2014 to contain this genus. Taxonomy The genus ''Psilolechia'' was established by Abramo Bartolommeo Massalong ...

* Psoraceae * Ramalinaceae * Ramboldiaceae * Sphaerophoraceae * Squamarinaceae * Stereocaulaceae * Tephromelataceae *Lecanorineae incertae sedis **'' Lichenosticta'' **'' Schistophoron''

References

*C.J. Alexopolous, Charles W. Mims, M. Blackwell, ''Introductory Mycology, 4th ed.'' (John Wiley and Sons, Hoboken NJ, 2004) Lecanorales Lichens {{Lecanoromycetes-stub