Arthoniales | |
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Cryptothecia rubrocincta | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Arthoniomycetes |
Order: | Arthoniales Henssen ex D. Hawksw. & O.E. Erikss. (1986) |
Families | |
Andreiomycetaceae |
The Arthoniales is the second largest order of mainly crustose lichens, but fruticose lichens are present as well.[1] The order contains around 1500 species,[2] while the largest order with lichenized fungi, the Lecanorales, contains more than 14000 species.[3]