Pyxidiophorales

Order Pyxidiophorales Ectoparasitic on mandibulate arthropods, may be mycoparasitic; mycelial; anamorphs lack vesiculate conidiophores; example genus includes Pyxidiophora. Class Lecanoromycetes Forms lichens; thick ascal apex with narrow canal; includes subclasses Acarosporomycetidae, Lecanoromycetidae, and Ostropomycetidae; contains 10