Order
Teloschistales (Sunburst lichens and allies)
Teloschistes chrysophthalmus. Photo: (c) Ken-ichi Ueda, some rights reserved (CC BY)
The Teloschistales are an order of mostly lichen-forming fungi belonging to the class Lecanoromycetes in the division Ascomycota. According to one 2008 estimate, the order contains 5 families, 66 genera, and 1954 species.