Lecanoromycetes
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Division:Ascomycota
Clade:Leotiomyceta
(unranked):Dothideomyceta
Class:Lecanoromycetes
O.E.Erikss. & Winka (1997)
O.E.Erikss. & Winka (1997)
| Lecanoromycetes | |
|---|---|
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| Cladonia sobolescens | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Clade: | Leotiomyceta |
| (unranked): | Dothideomyceta |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes O.E.Erikss. & Winka (1997) |
| Subclasses and orders | |
|
Subclass Acarosporomycetidae Subclass Lecanoromycetidae
Subclass Ostropomycetidae
incertae sedis (not placed in a subclass) | |
Lecanoromycetes is the largest class of lichenized fungi.[1] It belongs to the subphylum Pezizomycotina in the phylum Ascomycota.[2] The asci (spore-bearing cells) of the Lecanoromycetes most often release spores by rostrate dehiscence.[1]
The group is monophyletic (composed only of all the descendants of a common ancestor).[3]