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