Lichinomycetes

Lichinomycetes
	Lichina pygmaea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
(unranked):	Dothideomyceta
Class:	Lichinomycetes; Reeb, Lutzoni & Cl. Roux (2004)
Orders
	Lichinales

Lichinomycetes are a class of ascomycete fungi. It includes the single order Lichinales. Most species are lichenized. The class was circumscribed in 2004.[1]

Lichen are a complex life form that is a symbiotic partnership of two separate organisms, a fungus and an alga. The lichen, which got its name from the misapplied word Lecidea, is a specialist of chalk pebbles. Meta-genome-assembled genome data is used to place a fungus in a class known as Ascomycota; it shows strong support for its placement within the family Lichinomycete. Based on a revision of the types and original descriptions, it is believed that the earliest known name for this species was Lecidea obsoleta. Six species of Lichinomycetes have been reported in Sweden, the first species of the Mediterranean genus is the Lichinella stipatula.

References

Reeb V, Lutzoni F, Roux C (2004). "Contribution of RPB2 to multilocus phylogenetic studies of the euascomycetes (Pezizomycotina, Fungi) with special emphasis on the lichen-forming Acarosporaceae and evolution of polyspory". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 32 (3): 1036–60. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2004.04.012. PMID 15288074.

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[Reeb_2004-1] Reeb V, Lutzoni F, Roux C (2004). "Contribution of RPB2 to multilocus phylogenetic studies of the euascomycetes (Pezizomycotina, Fungi) with special emphasis on the lichen-forming Acarosporaceae and evolution of polyspory". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 32 (3): 1036–60. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2004.04.012. PMID 15288074.