Acarosporales

Acarosporales
Acarospora glaucocarpa, member of the Acarosporales
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Subclass: Acarosporomycetidae
Order: Acarosporales
Zahlbr. (1906)
Families

Acarosporaceae
Eigleraceae

The Acarosporales are an order of fungi in the class Lecanoromycetes. Phylogenetic analyses conducted using the sequences of both the protein-coding gene RPB2 as well as nuclear ribosomal genes place this order within the subclass Acarosporomycetidae.[1]

According to a recent (2020) survey of fungal classification, the Acarosporales contain two families: Acarosporaceae, with 11 genera and about 260 species, and Eigleraceae, with 1 genus and 2 species.[2]

  1. ^ Reeb V, Lutzoni F, Roux C (September 2004). "Contribution of RPB2 to multilocus phylogenetic studies of the euascomycetes (Pezizomycotina, Fungi) with special emphasis on the lichen-forming Acarosporaceae and evolution of polyspory". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 32 (3): 1036–60. Bibcode:2004MolPE..32.1036R. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2004.04.012. PMID 15288074.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Wijayawardene et al. 2020 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).