Lecanorales

The Lecanorales are an order of fungi, most of whose members form lichens. They belong to the class Lecanoromycetes in the division Ascomycota, the sac fungi. The order is large: it contains 26 families, 269 genera and 5695 species. As a taxonomic order it sits above its families and below its class, so the 26 families are the level at which its genera are grouped. Naturalists using the iNaturalist taxonomy call the group the shield lichens, rim lichens, and allies, and the GBIF backbone accepts Lecanorales as an order of the kingdom Fungi, phylum Ascomycota.