NephromataceaeWetmore ex J.C.David &D.Hawksw. (1990)
ThePeltigeraceae are afamily oflichens in theorderPeltigerales. The Peltigeraceae, which contains 15genera and about 600 species, has recently (2018) been emended to include the families Lobariaceae and Nephromataceae. Many Peltigeraceae species have large and conspicuous, leatherythalli. They largely occur in cool-temperate totropicalmontane climates. Tripartite thalli involvingfungus,green algae andcyanobacteria are common in this family.
The family Peltigeraceae wascircumscribed by Belgian botanistBarthélemy Charles Joseph Dumortier in 1822.[2] Using a temporal approach that uses time-calibratedchronograms to identify and define temporal bands for comparableordinal andfamily ranks in the Lecanoromycetes, the families Lobariaceae and Nephromataceae weresynonymized with Peltigeraceae in 2018.[3] In a later critical review of the use of this method for the biological classification of lichens,Robert Lücking considered this merge justified based on several characteristics shared by all three groups. These include "the leathery structure of their usually large and conspicuous thalli, apothecial morphology and anatomy, ascus and ascospore type, and the fact that tripartite thalli or photosymbiodemes involving green algae and cyanobacteria are common".[4] The proposed synonymy was also accepted in a 2020 review of fungal classification.[1]
Since the two synonymized families have been widely used, and have been accepted previously asphylogenetically distinctclades within older families, Lumbsch and Leavitt proposed the followingsubfamilies of Peltigeraceae, which "allows recognition of these well-established and monophyletic clades while avoiding confusion due to incomparable ranks of clades."[5]
LobarioideaeLumbsch & S.D.Leav. (2019)
NephromatoideaeLumbsch & S.D.Leav. (2019)
According to Lumbsch and Leavitt, Peltigeroideae becomes anavailable name that could be used to include the Peltigeraceaesensu stricto.[5]
^Kraichak, Ekaphan; Huang, Jen-Pan; Nelsen, Matthew; Leavitt, Steven D.; Lumbsch, H. Thorsten (2018). "A revised classification of orders and families in the two major subclasses of Lecanoromycetes (Ascomycota) based on a temporal approach".Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society.188 (3):233–249.doi:10.1093/botlinnean/boy060.
^Lücking, Robert (2019). "Stop the abuse of time! Strict temporal banding is not the future of rank-based classifications in fungi (including lichens) and other organisms".Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences.38 (3):199–253.Bibcode:2019CRvPS..38..199L.doi:10.1080/07352689.2019.1650517.S2CID202859785.
^Clements, F.E. (1909).The Genera of Fungi. Pennsylvania: H. W. Wilson Company. pp. 82, 175.
^Vainio, E.A. (1890). "Étude sur la classification naturelle et la morphologie des Lichens du Brésil. Pars prima".Acta Societatis Pro Fauna et Flora Fennica (in Latin).7 (1): 182.
^De Notaris, G. (1846). "Frammenti lichenografici di un lavoro inedito".Giornale Botanico Italiano (in Italian).2 (1): 174–224 [178].
