Rhizocarpaceae Explained

Rhizocarpaceae ^[1] is a family of crustose, lecideoid, lichen-forming fungi and together with the family Sporastatiaceae it constitutes the order Rhizocarpales^{[2] [3] [4]} in the Ascomycota, class Lecanoromycetes.

Genera

• Catolechia
• Epilichen
• Poeltinula
• Rhizocarpon

Notes and References

1. Hafellner, J. . 1984 . Studien in Richtung einer naturlicheren Gliederung der Sammelfamilien Lecanoraceae und Lecideaceae . Nova Hedwigia . 79 . 242–366 .
2. Bendiksby, M., Timdal, E. . 2013 . Molecular Phylogenetics and Taxonomy of Hypocenomyce Sensu Lato (Ascomycota: Lecanoromycetes): Extreme Polyphyly and Morphological/ecological Convergence . Taxon . 62 . 5 . 940–56. 10.12705/625.18 . free .
3. Miadlikowska, J., Kauff, F., Högnabba, F., Oliver, J. C., Molnár, K., Fraker, E., ... & Otálora, M. A. . 2014 . A multigene phylogenetic synthesis for the class Lecanoromycetes (Ascomycota): 1307 fungi representing 1139 infrageneric taxa, 317 genera and 66 families . Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution . 79 . 132–168 . 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.04.003 . 24747130 . 4185256 .
4. Lücking, R., Hodkinson, B. P., & Leavitt, S. D. . 2017 . The 2016 classification of lichenized fungi in the Ascomycota and Basidiomycota–Approaching one thousand genera . The Bryologist . 119 . 4 . 361–416. 10.1639/0007-2745-119.4.361 . 90258634 .