Biatorellaceae
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| Biatorellaceae | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Family: | Biatorellaceae M.Choisy ex Hafellner & Casares (1992) |
| Type genus | |
| Biatorella De Not. (1846) | |
| Type species | |
| Biatorella rousselii | |
Biatorellaceae is a family of lichen-forming fungi in the subclass Lecanoromycetidae. The family is monotypic, and contains the single genus Biatorella,[1] which contains eight species.
Species in the genus have a cosmopolitan distribution,[2] they are also found in northern temperate regions, especially in Europe.[3] but also in tropical Central America, Africa and Asia (such as India[4]).[2] As well as Australia.[5]
The family is classified as incertae sedis with respect to ordinal placement in the Lecanoromycetidae, as there is no reliable molecular data available to establish phylogenetic relationships with similar taxa.[6]
Genus Biatorella was circumscribed by Italian botanist Giuseppe De Notaris in 1846, with Biatorella rousselii assigned as the type species.[7] The family Biatorellaceae was originally proposed by French lichenologist Maurice Choisy in 1949,[8] but he did not publish the name validly.[9] Josef Hafellner and Manuel Casares published the name validly in 1992.[10]