Psoraceae

The Psoraceae are a family of lichen-forming fungi in the order Lecanorales. The Austrian lichenologist Alexander Zahlbruckner first described the family in 1898. Species of this family have a widespread distribution.

==Taxonomy== Psora is the type genus of the Psoraceae, a family of lichen-forming fungi in the order Lecanorales. Recent DNA-based phylogenetic work supports a core Psoraceae clade (a natural group descended from a shared ancestor) that includes Psora together with Protoblastenia and Brianaria; in these analyses, Brianaria and Protoblastenia are sister genera, and their clade is sister to Psora. This Psoraceae clade is recovered as closely related to the families Ramalinaceae and Sphaerophoraceae.