Lecanorales

Lecanorales

This order was established by Nannfeldt (1932). Taxa form lichen thalli with protococcoid green photobionts (Crespo et al. 2010, Miadlikowska et al. 2014) and members are widely distributed (Kirk et al. 2008, Ekanayaka et al. 2017).

 

References:

Ekanayaka AH, Hyde KD, Jones EBG, Zhao Q, Bulgakov TS 2019 – New and known discolichens from Asia and eastern Europe. Asian Journal of Mycology 2(1), 48–86, Doi 10.5943/ajom/2/1/2

 

Recent Genus

Rutstroemia
Xeropilidium
Ionomidotis

Recent Species

Encoelia furfuracea
Rutstroemia tiliacea
Xeropilidium dennisii