wart lichens, script lichens, and allies
Ostropomycetidae
The Ostropomycetidae are a subclass of mostly lichen-forming fungi in the class Lecanoromycetes. It contains nine orders and 37 families.
Arctomiaceae is the only family in the Ostropomycetidae that associates with cyanobacteria of the order Nostocales as its main photobiont partner.
13 branches of this subclass, most-observed first
wart lichens, water lichens, and allies
orderPertusariales
script lichens, whitewash lichens, and allies
orderOstropales
Trapeliales
orderTrapeliales
Baeomycetales
orderBaeomycetales
Sarrameanales
orderSarrameanales
Hymeneliales
orderHymeneliales
Arctomiales
orderArctomiales
Arthrorhaphidaceae
familyArthrorhaphidaceae
Dictyocatenulata
genusDictyocatenulata
Aspilidea
genusAspilidea
Bachmanniomyces
genusBachmanniomyces
Micropeltidales
orderMicropeltidales
Monilibrachium
genusMonilibrachium
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 793487.