Fungalpedia – Note 1810, Teloschistales 

 

Teloschistales D. Hawksw. & O.E. Erikss.

Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank.

Classification: Lecanoromycetidae, Lecanoromycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi

The order Teloschistales was introduced by Hawksworth & Eriksson (1986). Taxa are widely distributed and characterised by presence of bright anthraquinone pigments, ranging from yellow to red, in the thallus and/or apothecia (Jaklitsch et al. 2016).

 

References

Ekanayaka AH, Hyde KD, Jones EBG, Zhao Q, Bulgakov TS 2019 – New and known discolichens from Asia and eastern Europe. Asian Journal of Mycology 2(1), 48–86, Doi 10.5943/ajom/2/1/2.

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