Arthoniomycetes
{{Short description|Class of fungi}}
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| image_caption = Arthonia radiata magnified 9X, growing on Red Oak bark
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| authority = O.E.Erikss. & Winka (1997)
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Arthoniomycetes are a class of ascomycete fungi. It includes two orders: Arthoniales and Lichenostigmatales. Most of the taxa in these orders are tropical and subtropical lichens.
Systematics
Phylogenetic analysis supports the monophyly of this class.{{cite journal |vauthors=Spatafora JW, Sung GH, Johnson D |title=A five-gene phylogeny of Pezizomycotina |journal=Mycologia |volume=98 |issue=6 |pages=1018–28 |year=2006 |pmid=17486977 |doi= 10.3852/mycologia.98.6.1018|display-authors=etal}} Dothideomycetes is a sister group.{{cite journal |vauthors=Lumbsch HT, Schmitt I, Lindemuth R |title=Performance of four ribosomal DNA regions to infer higher-level phylogenetic relationships of inoperculate euascomycetes (Leotiomyceta) |journal=Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. |volume=34 |issue=3 |pages=512–24 |date=March 2005 |pmid=15683926 |doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2004.11.007 |bibcode=2005MolPE..34..512L |display-authors=etal}}
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 outer walls.
References
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{{cite web |title=Record details: Arthoniomycetes |url=http://indexfungorum.org/Names/NamesRecord.asp?RecordID=501475 |publisher=Index Fungorum |access-date=17 August 2022}}
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Category:Taxa described in 1997
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