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Umbilicariales

order of fungi

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 18, 2026
Entity authorityQ149808 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Umbilicariales are an order of lichenized fungi in the subclass Umbilicariomycetidae, class Lecanoromycetes. It contains five families: Elixiaceae, Fuscideaceae, Ophioparmaceae, Ropalosporaceae, and Umbilicariaceae. Umbilicariales was proposed as a new order in 2007, while the subclass Umbilicariomycetidae was proposed in 2013.

Families and genera

As of March 2021, Species Fungorum accepts 5 families, 18 genera, and 107 species in the order Umbilicariales:

Elixiaceae

Elixia – 2 spp.

Meridianelia – 1 sp.

Fuscideaceae

Albemarlea – 1 sp.

Fuscidea – 31 spp.

Hueidea – 1 sp.

Lettauia – 2 sp.

Maronea – 2 spp.

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This entry incorporates text from “Umbilicariales” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.