Lichenostigmatales is an
order
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of
fungi in the class
Arthoniomycetes
Arthoniomycetes are a class of ascomycete fungi. It includes two orders: Arthoniales and Lichenostigmatales. Most of the taxa in these orders are tropical and subtropical lichens.
Systematics
Phylogenetic analysis supports the monophyly of this ...
. It contains the single family Phaeococcomycetaceae.
Lichenostigmatales was
circumscribed
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Not every polyg ...
in 2014 by Damien Ertz, Paul Diederich, and
James D. Lawrey, with genus ''
Lichenostigma'' assigned as the
type
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. Using
molecular phylogenetics, they identified a
lineage
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of
taxa in the Arthoniomycetes that were
phylogenetically distinct from the order
Arthoniales. Species in the Lichenostigmatales include
black yeast
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s,
lichenicolous, and
melanised rock-inhabiting species.
Recent estimates for the number of taxa in the family Phaeococcomycetaceae suggest that it contains 3 genera (''
Etayoa'', ''
Lichenostigma'', and ''
Phaeococcomyces'') and either 31
or 37 species.
The
monotypic genus ''
Antarctolichenia'' was added to Phaeococcomycetaceae in 2021.
References
Arthoniomycetes
Lichenicolous fungi
Ascomycota orders
Taxa described in 2014
Taxa named by James D. Lawrey
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