| Massalongiaceae | |
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| Massalongia carnosa in California, USA | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Peltigerales |
| Family: | Massalongiaceae Wedin, P.M.Jørg. & E.Wiklund (2007) |
| Type genus | |
| Massalongia Körb. (1855)
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| Genera | |
Massalongiaceae is a small family of lichen-forming fungi in the order Peltigerales.[1] It has three genera and seven species.
Species in this family have cyanobacteria as their primary symbiotic partner (cyanobiont), so they belong to the group known as "cyanobacterial lichens".