Belongs within: Lecanoromycetidae.
Contains: Physciaceae, Caliciaceae.
The Teloschistales are a clade of lichenised fungi associated with green algae. The Teloschistaceae produce brightly coloured ascomata, usually with a well-developed thalline margin (Kirk et al. 2001).
<==Teloschistales [Caliciales, Teloschistineae]
|--+--PhysciaceaeSS09
| `--CaliciaceaeML04
`--Teloschistaceae [Caloplacaceae]EB03
| i. s.: Cephalophysis (Hertel) Kilias 1985KC01
| Fulgensia Massal. & De Not. 1853 [incl. Gyalolechia Massal. 1852]KC01
| |--F. bracteataM08
| | |--F. b. ssp. bracteataKC01
| | `--F. b. ssp. deformisKC01
| `--F. fulgensM08
| Ioplaca Poelt 1977KC01
| Seirophora Poelt 1983KC01
| Xanthodactylon Duvign. 1941KC01
| Xanthopeltis Sant. 1949KC01
| Caloplaca Fr. 1860 (nom. cons.) (see below for synonymy)KC01
| |--C. croceaJ87
| |--C. epithallinaKC01
| |--C. gomeranaML04
| `--C. scopularisC84
| Josefpoeltia Kondratyuk & Kärnefelt 1997EB03, E99
| |--*J. boliviensis Kondratyuk & Kärnefelt 1997E99
| `--J. sorediosa Kondratyuk & Kärnefelt 1997E99
| Apatoplaca Poelt & Hafellner 1980KC01
|--+--Letrouitia Hafellner & Bellem. 1982SS09, KC01 [Letrouitiaceae]
| | `--L. domingensisLK04
| `--Xanthoria (Fr.) Fr. 1860 (nom. cons.)LK04, KC01 (see below for synonymy)
| |--X. candelariaC84
| |--X. elegansLK04
| |--X. fallaxE99
| |--X. parietinaML04
| `--X. polycarpaLH04
`--+--MegalosporaceaeEB03
| |--Austroblastenia Sipman 1983KC01
| |--Megaloblastenia Sipman 1983KC01
| `--Megalospora Meyen 1843SS09, KC01 (see below for synonymy)
| |--M. sulphurataE99
| `--M. tuberculosaLK04
`--+--Xanthomendoza Kondratyuk & Kärnefelt 1997LK04, E99
| |--*X. mendozae (Räs.) Kondratyuk & Kärnefelt 1997 [=Xanthoria mendozae]E99
| `--X. fallaxLK04
`--Teloschistes Norman 1853SS09, KC01 (see below for synonymy)
|--T. chrysophthalmusE99
|--T. exilisLK04 [=Borrera exilisBS-V28]
|--T. flavicansJ87 [=Borrera flavicansBS-V28]
|--‘Borrera’ leucomelaBS-V28
| |--B. l. var. leucomelaBS-V28
| `--B. l. var. angustataBS-V28
|--T. sieberianus [=Parmelia sieberiana]G94
`--T. spinosus [=Parmelia spinosa]G94
Caloplaca Fr. 1860 (nom. cons.) [=Callopisma De Not. 1847 (nom. rej.), Caloplacomyces Thomas 1939 (nom. inv.); incl. Aglaopisma De Not. ex Bagl. 1856, Amphiloma Körb. 1855, Blastenia Massal. 1852, Candelariopsis (Sambo) Szatala 1959 (nom. inv.), Chrysomma Acloque 1893, Follmannia Dodge 1967, Gasparrinia Tomab. 1848 (nom. rej.), Huea Dodge & Baker 1938, Kuettlingeria Trevis. 1857, Leproplaca (Nyl.) Nyl. ex Hue 1888, Lethariopsis Zahlbr. 1926, Lindauopsis Zahlbr. 1907, Meroplacis Clem. 1909, Niopsora Massal. 1861, Niospora Kremp. 1869, Patellaria Pers. 1794 nec Hoffm. 1789 nec Gmelin 1793 (ICZN), Placodium (Ach.) DC. 1805 nec Hill. 1773 nec Wigg. 1780, Polycauliona Hue 1908, Pyrenodesmia Massal. 1853 (nom. rej.), Thamnonoma (Tuck.) Gyeln. 1933, Triophthalmidium (Müll. Arg.) Gyeln. 1933, Xanthocarpia Massal. & De Not. 1853 (nom. rej.)]KC01
Megalospora Meyen 1843SS09, KC01 [incl. Bombyliospora De Not. 1852KC01, Bombyliosporomyces Cif. & Tomas. 1953KC01, Byssophragmia Choisy 1931KC01, Dumoulinia Stein 1883KC01, Heterothecium Flot. 1850KC01]
Teloschistes Norman 1853SS09, KC01 [=Teloschistomyces Cif. & Thomas 1953KC01, Theloschistes Fr. 1861KC01, Theloschistomyces Cif. & Tomas. 1953KC01; incl. Borrera Ach. 1810 (nom. rej.)KC01, Niorma Massal. 1861KC01, Tenorea Tornab. 1848 non Rafin. 1814KC01]
Xanthoria (Fr.) Fr. 1860 (nom. cons.)LK04, KC01 [=Xanthoriomyces Thomas ex Cif. & Tomas. 1953KC01; incl. Blasteniospora Trevis. 1853KC01, Diblastia Trevis. 1857KC01, Dufourea Ach. 1810 (nom. rej.)KC01, Dufouria Trevis. 1861KC01, Parmocarpus Trevis. 1861KC01, Placodium Wigg. 1780 non Hill 1773KC01, Pycnothele Sommerf. 1826KC01, Siphonia Fr. 1820 non Rich. ex Schreb. 1791KC01, Siphula Fr. 1825 (nom. rej.) non Fr. 1831 (nom. cons.)KC01]
*Type species of generic name indicated
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