Verrucariales

Verrucariales
Unidentified specimen of Verrucaria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Subclass: Chaetothyriomycetidae
Order: Verrucariales
Mattick ex D.Hawksw. & O.E.Erikss. (1986)
Families

Verrucariales is an order of ascomycetous fungi within the subclass Chaetothyriomycetidae of the class Eurotiomycetes. Although most of the Verrucariales are lichenised,[1] the family Sarcopyreniaceae consists of 11 species of lichenicolous (lichen-dwelling) fungi.[2]

Phylogenomic analysis suggests that the divergence between the lichenised Verrucariales and nonlichenised Chaetothyriales occurred about 131 million years ago.[3]

  1. ^ Gams, Walter; Diederich, Paul; Pöldmaa, Kadri (2011). "Fungicolous fungi". In Greg M. Mueller; Bills, Gerald F.; Foster, Mercedes S. (eds.). Biodiversity of Fungi: Inventory and Monitoring Methods. Academic Press. pp. 343–392. ISBN 978-0-08-047026-9.
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