Verrucariales

Verrucariales is an order of ascomycetous fungi within the class Eurotiomycetes. Although most of its members are lichenised,[1] the family Sarcopyreniaceae consists of 11 species of lichenicolous (lichen-dwelling) fungi.[2]

Verrucariales
Unidentified specimen of Verrucaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Subclass: Chaetothyriomycetidae
Order: Verrucariales
Mattick ex D.Hawksw. & O.E.Erikss. (1986)
Families

References

  1. Gams, Walter; Diederich, Paul; Pöldmaa, Kadri (2011). "Fungicolous fungi". In Greg M. Mueller; Bills, Gerald F.; Foster, Mercedes S. (eds.). Biodiversity of Fungi: Inventory and Monitoring Methods. Academic Press. pp. 343–392. ISBN 978-0-08-047026-9.
  2. Diederich, Paul; Lawrey, James D.; Ertz, Damien (2018). "The 2018 classification and checklist of lichenicolous fungi, with 2000 non-lichenized, obligately lichenicolous taxa". The Bryologist. 121 (3): 340–425. doi:10.1639/0007-2745-121.3.340. S2CID 92396850.


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