Name:		Gyalectaceae Stizenb., Berichte über die Thätigk. St Gallisch. Naturwissenschaftliche Gesellschaft 1862 (1862) page 158 [basionym]
Status:		Family, lichen-forming
Taxonomic position:		Ostropales Nannf. [Order] Ostropomycetidae Reeb, Lutzoni & Cl. Roux [Subclass] Lecanoromycetes O.E. Erikss. & Winka [Class] Pezizomycotina O.E. Erikss. & Winka [Subdivision / Subphylum] Ascomycota Caval.-Sm. [Division / Phylum] Fungi R.T. Moore [Kingdom]
Constituent taxa:		Subfamilies / Genera Bacidiopsis Bagl. Belonia Körb. Beloniella Th. Fr. Beloniomyces Cif. & Tomas. Cryptolechia A. Massal. Finerania C.W. Dodge Gyalecta Ach. Gyalectina Vězda Gyalectomyces E.A. Thomas ex Cif. & Tomas. Hemigyalecta Ozocladium Mont. Pachyphiale Lönnr. Phialopsis Körb. Polistroma Clemente Polystroma Fée Ramonia Stizenb. Secoliga Norman Semigyalecta Vain. Volvaria DC.
Cybertruffle Resources:		Cyberliber Cumulative Index
Links:		Fungal Databases [Systematic Botany and Mycology, USDA] Genbank Google images IMI [CABI Fungus Dried Reference Collection] Landcare [New Zealand] New York Botanic Garden [Virtual Fungus Dried Reference Collection]