Monoblastiaceae

Monoblastiaceae
Acrocordia macrospora
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Dothideomycetes
Order:	Monoblastiales Lücking, M.P.Nelsen & K.D.Hyde (2013)
Family:	Monoblastiaceae W.Watson (1929)
Type genus
Monoblastia Riddle (1923)
Genera
Acrocordia Anisomeridium Caprettia Megalotremis Monoblastia Trypetheliopsis

The Monoblastiaceae are a family of lichen-forming fungi in the monotypic order Monoblastiales. It contains six genera.^[1] The family was circumscribed in 1929 by British botanist William Watson.^[2]

Genera

• Acrocordia A.Massal. (1854) – 6 spp.
• Anisomeridium (Müll.Arg.) M.Choisy (1928) – ca. 80 spp.
• Caprettia Bat. & H.Maia (1965) – 8 spp.
• Megalotremis Aptroot (1991) – 12 spp.
• Monoblastia Riddle (1923) – 11 spp.
• Trypetheliopsis Asahina (1937) – 6 spp.

References

1. Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, Laith Khalil Tawfeeq; Somayeh, Dolatabadi; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny; et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere. 11: 1060–1456. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8. hdl:10481/61998.
2. Watson, W. (1929). "The classification of lichens. II". New Phytologist. 28 (2): 85–116. doi:10.1111/j.1469-8137.1929.tb06749.x.