Stereocaulaceae

Stereocaulaceae
	Stereocaulon tomentosum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Lecanorales
Family:	Stereocaulaceae; Chevall. (1826)
Type genus
	Stereocaulon; Hoffm. (1796)
Genera
	Hertelidea; Lepraria; Stereocaulon; Squamarina; Xyleborus

The Stereocaulaceae are a family of lichen-forming fungi in the order Lecanorales. It contains five genera.^[1] Species of this family are widely distributed in temperate boreal and austral regions.^[2]

Genera

^ Lücking, Robert; Hodkinson, Brendan P.; Leavitt, Steven D. (2017). "The 2016 classification of lichenized fungi in the Ascomycota and Basidiomycota–Approaching one thousand genera". The Bryologist. 119 (4): 361–416. doi:10.1639/0007-2745-119.4.361. S2CID 90258634.
^ Cannon PF, Kirk PM (2007). Fungal Families of the World. Wallingford: CABI. p. 339. ISBN 978-0-85199-827-5.
^ Printzen, C.; Kantvilas, G. (2004). "Hertelidea, genus novum Stereocaulacearum (Ascomycetes lichenisati)". In Döbbeler, P.; Rambold, G. (eds.). Contributions to Lichenology. Festschrift in Honour of Hannes Hertel. Bibliotheca Lichenologica. Vol. 88. J. Cramer. pp. 539–553.
^ Source dataset. Species Fungorum Plus: Species Fungorum for CoL+. "Lepraria". Catalog of Life Version 2021-09-21. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
^ Source dataset. Species Fungorum Plus: Species Fungorum for CoL+. "Stereocaulon". Catalog of Life Version 2021-09-21. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
^ Source dataset. Species Fungorum Plus: Species Fungorum for CoL+. "Squamarina". Catalog of Life Version 2021-09-21. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
^ Harris, R.C.; Ladd, D. (2007). "New taxa of lichens and lichenicolous fungi from the Ozark Ecoregion". Opuscula Philolichenum. 4: 57–68.

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