Gyalectaceae

The Gyalectaceae are a family of fungi in the order Gyalectales.

Gyalectaceae
Gyalecta jenensis, member of the family Gyalectaceae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Gyalectales
Family: Gyalectaceae
(A.Massal.) Stizenb. (1862)
Type genus
Gyalecta
Ach. (1808)

Genera

According to a 2020 estimate, Gyalectaceae contains 3 genera and 75 species.[1]

  • Gyalecta Ach. (1808) – 50 spp.
  • Ramonia Stizenb. (1862) – 24 spp.
  • Semigyalecta Vain. (1921) – 1 spp.

The genus Cryptolechia was synonymized with Gyalecta in 2019.[2]

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.
  2. Lücking, Robert; Moncada, Bibiana; Hawksworth, David L. (2019). "Gone with the wind: sequencing its type species supports inclusion of Cryptolechia in Gyalecta (Ostropales: Gyalectaceae)". The Lichenologist. 51 (4): 287–299. doi:10.1017/S0024282919000240.


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