The Ramalinaceae are a

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lichen A lichen ( , ) is a composite organism that arises from algae or cyanobacteria living among filaments of multiple fungi species in a mutualistic relationship.order Order, ORDER or Orders may refer to: * Categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood * Heterarchy, a system of organization wherein the elements have the potential to be ranked a number of d ...

Lecanorales The Lecanorales are an order of mostly lichen-forming fungi belonging to the class Lecanoromycetes in the division Ascomycota. The order contains 26 families, 269 genera, and 5695 species. Families * Aphanopsidaceae * Biatorellaceae * Brigan ...

. The family name is synonymous with the name ''Bacidiaceae''. Species of this family have a widespread distribution.

Genera

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Aciculopsora ''Aciculopsora'' is a genus of lichens in the family Ramalinaceae. It was circumscribed by lichenologists André Aptroot and Marie Trest in 2006. Species *'' Aciculopsora cinerea'' *'' Aciculopsora longispora'' *'' Aciculopsora srilankensi ...

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Adelolecia ''Adelolecia'' is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Lecanoraceae. The genus was circumscribed by Hannes Hertel and Josef Hafellner in 1984. The genus was formerly classified in the family Ramalinaceae The Ramalinaceae are a family o ...

'' *'' Arthrosporum'' *''

Bacidia ''Bacidia'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Ramalinaceae. The genus was circumscribed by Giuseppe De Notaris in 1846. Species in the genus are crust-like lichens with stemless apothecia; they have green algae (chloroccoid) as ...

'' *'' Bacidina'' *'' Bacidiopsora'' *'' Badimia'' *''

Bibbya ''Bibbya'' is a genus of fruticose lichens in the family Ramalinaceae. Taxonomy The genus was circumscribed in 1956 by Australian botanist James Hamlyn Willis, with '' Bibbya muelleri'' assigned as the type species. The generic name honours Pat ...

'' *'' Biatora'' *''

Bilimbia ''Bilimbia'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Ramalinaceae. Taxonomy ''Bilimbia'' was circumscribed by Italian botanist Giuseppe De Notaris in 1846. He included two species, ''B. hexamera'' and ''B. tetramera''. Altho ...

'' *'' Catinaria'' *'' Cenozosia'' *'' Cliostomum'' *'' Compsocladium'' *''

Coppinsidea ''Coppinsidea'' is a genus of two species of crustose lichens in the family Ramalinaceae. It was circumscribed in 2019 by lichenologists Sergey Kondratyuk, Edit Farkas, and Laszlo Lőkös with ''Coppinsidea sphaerella'' designated as the ty ...

'' *'' Crocynia'' *'' Echidnocymbium'' *'' Frutidella'' *'' Heppsora'' *'' Herteliana'' *'' Japewia'' *''

Jarmania ''Jarmania'' is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Ramalinaceae The Ramalinaceae are a family of lichenized fungi in the order Lecanorales. The family name is synonymous with the name ''Bacidiaceae''. Species of this family have a w ...

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Krogia ''Krogia'' is a genus of corticolous lichens in the family Ramalinaceae. It occurs in tropical humid forests and rainforests. The genus was circumscribed by Norwegian lichenologist Einar Timdal in 2002, with '' Krogia coralloides'' assigned as th ...

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Lecania ''Lecania'' is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Ramalinaceae. The genus was circumscribed by Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo in 1853. ''Lecania'' is widely distributed, especially in temperate regions, and contains about 64 species. ...

'' *'' Lopezaria'' *'' Lueckingia'' *'' Myelorrhiza'' *'' Phyllopsora'' *'' Physcidia'' *''

Ramalina ''Ramalina'' is a genus of greenish fruticose lichens that grow in the form of flattened, strap-like branches. Members of the genus are commonly called strap lichensField Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 201 ...

'' *'' Ramalinopsis'' *'' Rolfidium'' *'' Schadonia'' *''

Scutula ''Scutula'' is a genus of lichenicolous fungi in the family Ramalinaceae. Taxonomy The genus ''Scutula'' was circumscribed by French botanist Louis René Étienne Tulasne in 1862. The limits of the generic circumscription as well as the limit ...

'' *'' Stirtoniella'' *'' Thamnolecania'' *'' Tibellia'' *''

Toninia ''Toninia'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Ramalinaceae. The genus was circumscribed by Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo (13 May 1824 – 25 May 1860) was an Italian paleobotanist and lichenologist ...

'' *'' Toniniopsis'' *'' Triclinum'' – synonymous with ''Squamacidia'' Brako *''

Vermilacinia ''Vermilacinia'', a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Ramalinaceae, is a yellow-green fruticose type of lichen with about 30 species that grow on rocks, trees, and soil within the fog zone along the Pacific Coast of North America and South ...

'' *'' Waynea''

References

Lichen families Lecanoromycetes families Taxa described in 1821 Taxa named by Carl Adolph Agardh {{Lecanorales-stub