Strigulales

Strigula is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Strigulaceae.

Strigulaceae is a family of mostly lichen-forming fungi, one of two families in the order Strigulales (class Dothideomycetes). A molecular analysis of the type genus, Strigula, has led to a reallocation of the foliicolous species into six genera that correspond to well-delimited clades with diagnostic phenotype features. These lichens live almost exclusively in tropical rainforests, where they grow as thin films on the surface of living leaves rather than on bark or rock like many other lichens. The family includes around 140 species distributed across multiple continents, making them one of t

Raciborskiella is a genus of foliicolous (leaf-dwelling) lichens in the family Strigulaceae. Characterized by their thin, dark bluish-grey thalli, these lichens form distinctive patches on leaf surfaces and develop between the leaf cuticle and epidermal cells. The genus was originally proposed by Franz Höhnel in 1909, later merged with Strigula, and then reinstated as a separate genus in 2020 based on molecular phylogenetics studies. Raciborskiella species are distinguished by their exposed, black perithecia, large with gelatinous appendages, and association with the green algal photobiont Cep

Phyllobathelium is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Strigulaceae. It comprises eight species of foliicolous (leaf-dwelling, crustose lichens.