Umbilicariales | |
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Umbilicaria hyperborea | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Subclass: | Umbilicariomycetidae Bendiksby, Hestmark & Timdal (2013) |
Order: | Umbilicariales J.C.Wei & Q.M.Zhou (2007) |
Families | |
Elixiaceae |
The Umbilicariales are an order of lichenized fungi in the subclass Umbilicariomycetidae, class Lecanoromycetes. It contains five families: Elixiaceae, Fuscideaceae, Ophioparmaceae, Ropalosporaceae, and Umbilicariaceae. Umbilicariales was proposed as a new order in 2007,[1][2] while the subclass Umbilicariomycetidae was proposed in 2013.[3]
As of March 2021[update], Species Fungorum accepts 5 families, 18 genera, and 107 species in the order Umbilicariales:[4]