Ostropales | |
---|---|
![]() | |
Herbarium specimen of Conotrema urceolatum (40X magnification), member of the Ostropales | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Subclass: | Ostropomycetidae |
Order: | Ostropales Nannf. (1932) |
Families | |
Odontotremataceae |
The Ostropales are an order of fungi in the class Lecanoromycetes. The order was circumscribed by Swedish botanist John Axel Nannfeldt in 1932.[1] The order contains 4 families and 46 genera, including 6 genera of uncertain familial placement.[2]