Caliciales is an order of mostly lichenized fungi in the class Lecanoromycetes. It consists of two families: Caliciaceae and Physciaceae, which together contain 54 genera and more than 1200 species.[1] The order was circumscribed by American botanist Charles Edwin Bessey in 1907.[2]
| Caliciales | |
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| The shrub stubble lichen (Allocalicium adaequatum) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Subclass: | Lecanoromycetidae |
| Order: | Caliciales Bessey (1907) |
| Families | |
Families and genera
editAs of October 2022[update], Species Fungorum (in the Catalogue of Life) accepts 2 families, 56 genera, and 910 species in the Caliciales.[3]
- Caliciaceae Chevall. (1826)
- Acolium – 5 spp.
- Acroscyphus – 1 sp.
- Allocalicium – 1 sp.
- Amandinea – 83 spp.
- Australiaena – 1 sp.
- Baculifera – 18 spp.
- Buellia – 201 spp.
- Calicium – 36 spp.
- Chrismofulvea – 3 spp.
- Ciposia – 1 sp.
- Cratiria – 23 spp.
- Dermatiscum – 2 sp.
- Dermiscellum – 1 sp.
- Dimelaena – 10 spp.
- Diploicia – 6 spp.
- Diplotomma – 12 spp.
- Dirinaria – 18 spp.
- Endohyalina – 10 sp.
- Fluctua – 1 sp.
- Gassicurtia – 30 spp.
- Hafellia – 13 spp.
- Hypoflavia – 3 spp.
- Monerolechia – 5 spp.
- Orcularia – 3 spp.
- Pseudothelomma – 2 spp.
- Pyxine – 44 spp.
- Redonia – 1 sp.
- Santessonia – 3 sp.
- Sculptolumina – 5 spp.
- Sphinctrinopsis – 1 sp.
- Stigmatochroma – 8 spp.
- Tetramelas – 31 spp.
- Texosporium – 1 sp.
- Thelomma – 2 spp.
- Tholurna – 1 sp.
- Tylophoropsis – 1 sp.
- Physciaceae Zahlbr. (1898)
- Anaptychia – 5 spp.
- Awasthia – 1 sp.
- Coscinocladium – 2 spp.
- Culbersonia – 1 sp.
- Heterodermia – 49 spp.
- Hyperphyscia – 7 spp.
- Kashiwadia – 1 sp.
- Leucodermia – 11 spp.
- Mobergia – 1 sp.
- Oxnerella – 1 sp.
- Phaeophyscia – 22 spp.
- Phaeorrhiza – 1 sp.
- Physcia – 43 spp.
- Physciella – 4 spp.
- Physconia – 15 spp.
- Polyblastidium – 18 spp.
- Rinodina – 132 spp.
- Rinodinella – 3 spp.
- Tornabea – 1 sp.
References
edit- ^ Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, LKT; Dolatabadi, S; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny; et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere. 11: 1060–1456. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8. hdl:10481/61998.
- ^ Bessey, C.E. (1907). "A Synopsis of Plant Phyla". University of Nebraska Studies. 7: 275–373 [299].
- ^ Source dataset. Species Fungorum Plus: Species Fungorum for CoL+. "Caliciales". Catalog of Life Version 2022-09-25. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
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