Caliciales

Caliciales
The shrub stubble lichen (Allocalicium adaequatum)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Subclass: Lecanoromycetidae
Order: Caliciales
Bessey (1907)
Families

Caliciaceae
Physciaceae

Caliciales is an order of mostly lichenized fungi in the class Lecanoromycetes. It consists of two families: Caliciaceae and Physciaceae, which together contain 54 genera and more than 1200 species. The order was circumscribed by American botanist Charles Edwin Bessey in 1907.

Families and genera

As of October 2022, Species Fungorum (in the Catalogue of Life) accepts 2 families, 56 genera, and 910 species in the Caliciales.

Acolium – 5 spp.
Acroscyphus – 1 sp.
Allocalicium – 1 sp.
Amandinea – 83 spp.
Australiaena – 1 sp.
Baculifera – 18 spp.
Buellia – 201 spp.
Calicium – 36 spp.
Chrismofulvea – 3 spp.
Ciposia – 1 sp.
Cratiria – 23 spp.
Dermatiscum – 2 sp.
Dermiscellum – 1 sp.
Dimelaena – 10 spp.
Diploicia – 6 spp.
Diplotomma – 12 spp.
Dirinaria – 18 spp.
Endohyalina – 10 sp.
Fluctua – 1 sp.
Gassicurtia – 30 spp.
Hafellia – 13 spp.
Hypoflavia – 3 spp.
Monerolechia – 5 spp.
Orcularia – 3 spp.
Pseudothelomma – 2 spp.
Pyxine – 44 spp.
Redonia – 1 sp.
Santessonia – 3 sp.
Sculptolumina – 5 spp.
Sphinctrinopsis – 1 sp.
Stigmatochroma – 8 spp.
Tetramelas – 31 spp.
Texosporium – 1 sp.
Thelomma – 2 spp.
Tholurna – 1 sp.
Tylophoropsis – 1 sp.
Anaptychia – 5 spp.
Awasthia – 1 sp.
Coscinocladium – 2 spp.
Culbersonia – 1 sp.
Heterodermia – 49 spp.
Hyperphyscia – 7 spp.
Kashiwadia – 1 sp.
Leucodermia – 11 spp.
Mobergia – 1 sp.
Oxnerella – 1 sp.
Phaeophyscia – 22 spp.
Phaeorrhiza – 1 sp.
Physcia – 43 spp.
Physciella – 4 spp.
Physconia – 15 spp.
Polyblastidium – 18 spp.
Rinodina – 132 spp.
Rinodinella – 3 spp.
Tornabea – 1 sp.

References

  1. ↑ Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, LKT; Dolatabadi, S; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny; et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere. 11: 1060–1456. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8. hdl:10481/61998.
  2. ↑ Bessey, C.E. (1907). "A Synopsis of Plant Phyla". University of Nebraska Studies. 7: 275–373 [299].
  3. ↑ Source dataset. Species Fungorum Plus: Species Fungorum for CoL+. "Caliciales". Catalog of Life Version 2022-09-25. Retrieved 4 October 2022.