Sporastatiaceae

Sporastatiaceae
Sporastatia testudinea in the Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona, US
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Rhizocarpales
Family: Sporastatiaceae
Bendiksby & Timdal (2013)
Genera

Sporastatia
Toensbergia

Sporastatiaceae is a small family of crustose lichens in the order Rhizocarpales. It contains two genera, Sporastatia and Toensbergia, with a total of five species. Sporastatiaceae was circumscribed in 2013 by Mika Bendiksby and Ernst Timdal.