Chaetothyriomycetidae is a
subclass of
ascomycete within the class
Eurotiomycetes
Eurotiomycetes is a large class of ascomycetes with cleistothecial ascocarps within the subphylum Pezizomycotina, currently containing around 3810 species according to the Catalogue of Life. It is the third largest lichenized class, with more tha ...
. Many species in Chaetothyriomycetidae are
lichens.
Morphology
Chaetothyriomycetidae produce a
cleistothecium
An ascocarp, or ascoma (), is the fruiting body ( sporocarp) of an ascomycete phylum fungus. It consists of very tightly interwoven hyphae and millions of embedded asci, each of which typically contains four to eight ascospores. Ascocarps are ...
through which they distribute their
spores.
Gallery
File:Exophiala phaeomuriformis.jpg
File:Chromoblastomycosis 2.jpg
File:Fonsecaea pedrosoi PHIL 2920 lores.jpg
File:Fonsecaea pedrosoi.jpg
File:Cuerpo Esclerotico.JPG
File:Fonsecaea.JPG
File:Phialophora verrucosa 002.jpg
File:A lichen - Verrucaria mucosa - geograph.org.uk - 1055602.jpg
File:Wahlenbergiella mucosa Jymm.jpg
File:Verrucaria ochrostoma (Verrucariaceae), Renkum, the Netherlands.jpg
File:Verrucaria muralis (Verrucariaceae), Renkum, the Netherlands.jpg
File:Verrucaria macrostoma (Verrucariaceae), Renkum, the Netherlands.jpg
File:Staurothele areolata - Flickr - pellaea (1).jpg
File:BioBlitz 2011 in Saguaro National Park (2011-10-22 071838), — Placidium.jpg
File:Elf-Ear Lichen (4502238952).jpg
File:Placidiopsis custnani Plouharnel 2010-01-16 53.jpg
File:Muellerella pygmaea var. athallina 93748.jpg
File:Flakea papillata 122726.jpg
File:Heteroplacidium fusculum Jymm.jpg
File:Stippleback Lichen (5037803893).jpg
File:Hyella caespitosa hypae.jpg
File:Bagliettoa parmigera - panoramio.jpg
File:Golden Rash Lichen (2154586619).jpg
File:Acrocordia macrospora Jymm.jpg
File:Catapyrenium cinereum-3.jpg
References
External links
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Chaetothyriomycetidae on Myconet
Eurotiomycetes
Fungus subclasses
Lichen subclasses
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