Pertusariales

Totengebeinsflechte ( Thamnolia vermicularis )

The Pertusariales are an order of ascomycetes ( Ascomycota ). Many representatives form lichens.

Features

Most species are Flechtenbildner. As photobionts occur in the Icmadophilaceae Coccomyxa on in the Pertusariaceae mainly Trebouxia, secondary photobiont as well as the blue-green alga Calothrix.

System

They include the following families ( with selected genera and species referred Lumbsch and chicken village, 2007):

  • Coccotremataceae Coccotrema
  • Parasiphula
  • Dibaeis Pink Köpfchenflechte ( Dibaeis baeomyces )
  • Heideflechte ( Icmadophila ericetorum )
  • Totengebeinsflechte ( Thamnolia vermicularis )
  • Aspicilia
  • Lobothallia
  • Megaspora
  • Ochrolechia
  • Varicellaria
  • Loxosporopsis
  • Pores lichens ( Pertusaria )
  • Thamnochrolechia (assignment uncertain)

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