Arthoniomycetes

Arthoniomycetes
	Arthonia radiata magnified 9X, growing on Red Oak bark
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Subdivision:	Pezizomycotina
(unranked):	Leotiomyceta
(unranked):	Dothideomyceta
Class:	Arthoniomycetes; O.E. Erikss. & Winka 1997
Orders
	Arthoniales

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.

Systematics

Phylogenetic analysis supports the monophyly of this class.[1] Dothideomycetes 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. doi:10.3852/mycologia.98.6.1018. 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:10.1016/j.ympev.2004.11.007. PMID 15683926.

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[pmid17486977-1] Spatafora JW, Sung GH, Johnson D, et al. (2006). "A five-gene phylogeny of Pezizomycotina". Mycologia. 98 (6): 1018–28. doi:10.3852/mycologia.98.6.1018. PMID 17486977.

[pmid15683926-2] 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:10.1016/j.ympev.2004.11.007. PMID 15683926.