Lecanorales

The Lecanorales are an order of mostly lichen-forming fungi belonging to the class Lecanoromycetes in the division Ascomycota. The order contains 26 families, 269 genera, and 5695 species.^[2]

Lecanorales
Lecanora muralis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Subclass:	Lecanoromycetidae
Order:	Lecanorales Nannf. (1932)
Suborder and families[1]
Lecanorineae Aphanopsidaceae Byssolomataceae Carbonicolaceae Catillariaceae Cetradoniaceae Cladoniaceae Crocyniaceae Gypsoplacaceae Haematommataceae Lecanoraceae Malmideaceae Micareaceae Parmeliaceae Porpidiaceae Psilolechiaceae Psoraceae Ramalinaceae Ramboldiaceae Sphaerophoraceae Squamarinaceae Stereocaulaceae Tephromelataceae Lecanorineae incertae sedis Lichenosticta Schistophoron Lecanorales incertae sedis Biatoridium Botryolepraria Corticifraga Ectolechiaceae Lopezaria Notolecidea Psilolechiaceae Puttea Stenhammarella

Families

Suborder Lecanorineae

• Biatorellaceae M. Choisy ex Hafellner & Casares-Porcel, 1992
• Brigantiaeaceae Hafellner & Bellem., 1982
• Bruceomycetaceae Rikkinen & A.R.Schmidt in Rikkinen et al.,
• Byssolomataceae Zahlbr. 1926
• Carbonicolaceae Bendiksby & Timdal (2013)
• Catillariaceae Hafellner, 1984
• Cetradoniaceae J.C. Wei & Ahti 2002
• Cladoniaceae Zenker, J.C. 1827–1829
• Dactylosporaceae Bellem. & Hafellner, 1982
• Gypsoplacaceae Timdal, E. 1990
• Haematommataceae Hafellner, 1984
• Lecanoraceae Fée, A.L.A. 1824
• Malmideaceae Kalb, K., Rivas Plata, E., Lücking, R. & Lumbsch, H.T. 2011
• Pachyascaceae Poelt ex P.M.Kirk, P.F.Cannon & J.C.David, 2001^[3]
• Parmeliaceae Berchtold, F.v. & Presl, J.S. 1820
• Pilocarpaceae Zahlbr., 1905
• Porpidiaceae Hertel & Hafellner (1984)
• Psilolechiaceae S. Stenroos, Miądl. & Lutzoni, 2014
• Psoraceae Zahlbr., 1898
• Ramalinaceae C. Agardh, 1821
• Ramboldiaceae S. Stenroos, Miądl. & Lutzoni, 2014
• Scoliciosporaceae Hafellner, 1984
• Sphaerophoraceae Fée, A.L.A. 1824
• Tephromelataceae Hafellner, 1984
• Vezdaeaceae Poelt & Vezda ex J.C. David & D. Hawksw., 1991

Incertae sedis or uncertain placement

Unplaced families;

• Psilolechiaceae S. Stenroos, Miądl. & Lutzoni, 2014

There are several genera in the Lecanorales that have not been placed with certainty into any family. These are:^[4]

• Coronoplectrum Brusse (1987) – 1 sp.
• Ivanpisutia S.Y.Kondr., Lőkös & Hur (2015) – 1 sp.
• Joergensenia Passo, Stenroos & Calvelo (2008) – 1 sp.
• Myochroidea Printzen, T.Sprib. & Tønsberg (2008) – 4 spp.
• Neopsoromopsis Gyeln. (1940) – 1 sp.
• Notolecidea – 1 sp.
• Psoromella Gyeln. (1940) – 1 sp.
• Puttea S.Stenroos & Huhtinen (2009) – 3 spp.
• Ramalea Nyl (1866) – 4 spp.