Fungalpedia – Note 1809, Teloschistaceae
Teloschistaceae Zahlbr.
Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank.
Classification: Teloschistales, Lecanoromycetidae, Lecanoromycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
Taxa are lichenized with a Trebouxia photobiont. Ascomata are apothecial with welldeveloped thalline margins (Gaya et al. 2008). Most Teloschistaceae species produce anthraquinone pigments in the cortex which provides yellow to orange colours to their apothecia (Arup et al. 2013). Paraphyses are unbranched to slightly branched, usually slightly capitate. Asci are semifissitunicate, with apical tholus and distinct ocular chamber. Ascospores are mostly 1–3- septate and ellipsoid. The asexual morph is pycnidial (Jaklitsch et al. 2016).
Type genus: Teloschistes Norman, Conat. Praem. Gen. Lich.: 16 (1852).
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