Arctomiaceae

Arctomiaceae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Arctomiaceae
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Type genus
Arctomia
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Genera

Arctomia
Gregorella
Wawea

The Arctomiaceae are a family of lichenized fungi in the Ascomycota, class Lecanorales.[1] The family was named by Theodor Magnus Fries in 1861.[2] Species in this family are found in arctic and subarctic habitats, usually associated with bryophytes.[3]

References

  1. ^ Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet (The Field Museum, Department of Botany, Chicago, USA) 13: 1–58. http://www.fieldmuseum.org/myconet/outline.asp. 
  2. ^ Fries TM. (1861). "Lichenes arctoi Europae Groenlandiaeque hactenus cogniti" (in Latin). Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum upsaliensis 3 (ser. 3): 103–398. 
  3. ^ Cannon PF, Kirk PM. (2007). Fungal Families of the World. Wallingford: CABI. p. 17. ISBN 0-85199-827-5.