Lichenostigmatales
Lichenostigmatales is an order of fungi in the class Arthoniomycetes. It contains the single family Phaeococcomycetaceae.[1] Lichenostigmatales was circumscribed in 2013 by Damien Ertz, Paul Diederich, and James D. Lawrey, with genus Lichenostigma assigned as the type. Using molecular phylogenetics, they identified a lineage of taxa in the Arthoniomycetes that were phylogenetically distinct from the order Arthoniales. Species in the Lichenostigmatales include black yeasts, lichenicolous, and melanised rock-inhabiting species.[2]
| Lichenostigmatales | |
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| Lichenostigma cosmopolites growing parasitically on the thallus of the foliose lichen Xanthoparmelia stenophylla | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi | 
| Division: | Ascomycota | 
| Class: | Arthoniomycetes | 
| Order: | Lichenostigmatales Ertz, Diederich & Lawrey (2014)  | 
| Type genus | |
| Lichenostigma Hafellner (1983)  | |
| Family & genera | |
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 Phaeococcomycetaceae 
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Recent estimates for the number of taxa in the family Phaeococcomycetaceae suggest that it contains 3 genera (Etayoa, Lichenostigma, and Phaeococcomyces) and 31 species.[1][3] The monotypic genus Antarctolichenia was added to the Phaeococcomycetaceae in 2021.[4]
References
    
- Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, Laith Khalil Tawfeeq; Somayeh, Dolatabadi; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny; et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere. 11: 1060–1456. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8.
 - Ertz, Damien; Lawrey, James D.; Common, Ralph S.; Diederich, Paul (2013). "Molecular data resolve a new order of Arthoniomycetes sister to the primarily lichenized Arthoniales and composed of black yeasts, lichenicolous and rock-inhabiting species". Fungal Diversity. 66 (1): 113–137. doi:10.1007/s13225-013-0250-9.
 - Source dataset. Species Fungorum Plus: Species Fungorum for CoL+. "Phaeococcomycetaceae". Catalog of Life Version 2021-07-29. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
 - Muggia, Lucia; Coleine, Claudia; De Carolis, Roberto; Cometto, Agnese; Selbmann, Laura (2021). "Antarctolichenia onofrii gen. nov. sp. nov. from antarctic endolithic communities untangles the evolution of rock-inhabiting and lichenized fungi in Arthoniomycetes". Journal of Fungi. 7 (11): 935. doi:10.3390/jof7110935.
 
