Melaspileaceae

Melaspileaceae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Subphylum: Pezizomycotina
Class: Arthoniomycetes
Order: Arthoniales
Family: Melaspileacea
W. Watson (1929)
Type species
Melaspilea
Nyl.
Genera

Melaspilea

The Melaspileaceae are a family of lichenized fungi in the order Arthoniales. Containing a single genus, Melaspilea, they are poorly understood, and phylogenetic relationships to other taxa in the Ascomycota are not clearly defined.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Cannon PF, Kirk PM. (2007). Fungal Families of the World. Wallingford: CABI. p. 207. ISBN 0-85199-827-5.

External links

"Myconet: Outline of Ascomycota 2007". Retrieved 2008-11-14.