The Ostropales are an
order
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of
fungi
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in the class
Lecanoromycetes
Lecanoromycetes is the largest class of lichenized fungi. It belongs to the subphylum Pezizomycotina in the phylum Ascomycota. The asci (spore-bearing cells) of the Lecanoromycetes most often release spores by rostrate dehiscence.
Genera of unc ...
. The order was
circumscribed
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by Swedish botanist
John Axel Nannfeldt
John-Axel Nannfeldt (baptized ''Johan Axel Frithiof Nannfeldt''), born 18 January 1904 in Trelleborg and deceased 4 November 1985 in Uppsala, was a Swedish botanist and mycologist.
Nannfeldt studied natural history at the University of Uppsal ...
in 1932.
The order contains 4
families
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and 46
genera
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, including 6 genera of
uncertain familial placement.
Families and genera
*
Odontotremataceae
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Claviradulomyces'' – 2 spp.
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Coccomycetella'' – 2 spp.
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Odontotrema'' – 7 spp.
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Odontura'' – 1 sp.
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Paschelkiella'' – 1 sp.
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Potriphila'' – 3 spp.
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Rogellia'' – 2 spp.
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Stromatothecia'' – 1 sp.
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Tryblis'' – 2 spp.
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Xerotrema'' – 2 spp.
*
Phaneromycetaceae
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Phaneromyces'' – 2 spp.
*
Spirographaceae
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Spirographa'' – 5 spp.
*
Stictidaceae
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Absconditella'' – 12 spp.
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Acarosporina'' – 5 spp.
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Biostictis'' – 5 spp.
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Carestiella'' – 2 sp.
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Conotremopsis'' – 1 sp.
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Cryptodiscus'' – 15 spp. *
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Cyanodermella'' – 2 spp.
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Delpontia'' – 1 sp.
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Fitzroyomyces'' – 1 sp.
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Geisleria'' – 4 spp.
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Glomerobolus'' – 1 sp.
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Ingvariella
''Ingvariella'' is a lichen genus in the family Stictidaceae. Circumscribed in 1997, the genus is monotypic, containing the single widespread lichen species ''Ingvariella bispora''. The species was originally named ''Urceolaria bispora'' by Ital ...
'' – 1 sp.
::''
Karstenia
''Karstenia'' is a genus of fungi in the order Rhytismatales. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the order is unknown (''incertae sedis''), and it has not yet been placed with certainty into any family.
The genus name of ''Karst ...
'' – 10 spp.
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Lillicoa'' – 4 spp.
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Nanostictis'' – ca. 8 spp.
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Neofitzroyomyces'' – 1 sp.
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Ostropa'' – 1 sp.
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Propoliopsis'' – 1 sp.
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Robergea'' – 8 spp.
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Schizoxylon'' – ca. 35 spp.
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Sphaeropezia'' – 19 spp.
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Stictis'' – 4 spp.
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Stictophacidium'' – 3 spp.
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Thelopsis'' – 9 spp.
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Topelia'' – 6 spp.
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Trinathotrema'' – 3 spp.
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Xyloschistes'' – 1 sp.
Ostropales genera of
unknown
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familial placement:
:''
Aabaarnia''
– 1 sp.
:''
Biazrovia''
– 1 sp.
:''
Elongaticonidia''
– 1 sp.
:''
Normanogalla''
– 1 sp.
References
Lecanoromycetes orders
Lichen orders
Taxa named by John Axel Nannfeldt
Taxa described in 1932
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