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shield lichens, rim lichens, and allies
Lecanorales
The Lecanorales are an order of mostly lichen-forming fungi belonging to the class Lecanoromycetes in the division Ascomycota. The order contains 26 families, 269 genera, and 5695 species.
28 branches of this order, most-observed first
shield lichens and allies
familyParmeliaceae
spindles and structured lichens
familyCladoniaceae
rim lichens, disc lichens, and allies
familyLecanoraceae
bushy lichens, sea-fog lichens, and allies
familyRamalinaceae
Stereocaulaceae
familyStereocaulaceae
Sphaerophoraceae
familySphaerophoraceae
scale lichens and allies
familyPsoraceae
Tephromelataceae
familyTephromelataceae
Squamarinaceae
familySquamarinaceae
Pilocarpaceae
familyPilocarpaceae
bloodstain lichens
familyHaematommataceae
Psilolechiaceae
familyPsilolechiaceae
Ramboldiaceae
familyRamboldiaceae
Catillariaceae
familyCatillariaceae
Scoliciosporaceae
familyScoliciosporaceae
Carbonicolaceae
familyCarbonicolaceae
Malmideaceae
familyMalmideaceae
Biatorellaceae
familyBiatorellaceae
gypsum earthscale lichen family
familyGypsoplacaceae
Umbonidiscaceae
familyUmbonidiscaceae
Myochroidea
genusMyochroidea
Puttea
genusPuttea
Bruceomycetaceae
familyBruceomycetaceae
Lichenosticta
genusLichenosticta
Ramalea
genusRamalea
Pachyascaceae
familyPachyascaceae
Schistoplaca
genusSchistoplaca
Glyphopeltidaceae
familyGlyphopeltidaceae
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 48327.