Baeomycetales
| Baeomycetales | |
|---|---|
| Baeomyces rufus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Subclass: | Ostropomycetidae |
| Order: | Baeomycetales Lumbsch, Huhndorf & Lutzoni (2007) |
| Type genus | |
| Baeomyces Pers. (1794) | |
| Families | |
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Arctomiaceae | |
| Synonyms | |
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The Baeomycetales are an order of mostly lichen-forming fungi in the subclass Ostropomycetidae, in the class Lecanoromycetes. It contains 8 families, 33 genera and about 170 species. As a result of molecular phylogenetics research published in the late 2010s, several orders were folded into the Baeomycetales, resulting in a substantial increase in the number of taxa.