| Arthoniomycetes | |
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| Arthonia radiata magnified 9X, growing on Red Oak bark | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Subdivision: | Pezizomycotina |
| Class: | Arthoniomycetes O.E. Erikss. & Winka 1997 |
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Arthoniomycetes are a class of ascomycete fungi. It includes the single order Arthoniales. Most of the taxa in this class are tropical and subtropical lichens.
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Systematics
Phylogenetic analysis supports the monophyly of this class.[1] Doditheomycetes is a sister group.[2]
Characteristics
Taxa have apothecia, cup- or saucer- shaped ascoma in which the hymenium is exposed at maturity. These apothecia are bitunicate - with clearly differentiated inner and out walls.
References
- ^ Spatafora JW, Sung GH, Johnson D, et al. (2006). "A five-gene phylogeny of Pezizomycotina". Mycologia 98 (6): 1018–28. PMID 17486977.
- ^ Lumbsch HT, Schmitt I, Lindemuth R, et al. (March 2005). "Performance of four ribosomal DNA regions to infer higher-level phylogenetic relationships of inoperculate euascomycetes (Leotiomyceta)". Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 34 (3): 512–24. doi:. PMID 15683926. http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1055-7903(04)00341-0.
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