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On placement of genus in a family: "Our analysis clearly indicates that Malcolmiella belongs to a group of genera usually assigned to Lecideaceae (e.g. Fryday & Hertel 2014; Fryday et al. 2014; Wijayawardene et al. 2018). However, in earlier phylogenies spanning a broad range of the Lecanoromycetes, the affinities of this group remain unresolved. In these analyses, representatives of this group (Lecidea berengeriana and Romjularia lurida) have ended up on unsupported sister branches to the Collematinae and Peltigerinae (Schmull et al. 2011; Miadlikowska et al. 2014), or on a likewise unsupported sister branch to the Teloschistales (Bryobilimbia spp. and Lecidoma demissum; Schmull et al. 2011). The phylogenetic placement of this group in Lecanoromycetidae is unresolved in our analysis but the results indicate that it is not close to the Lecideaceae."

Kantvilas, G.; Wedin, M.; Svensson, M. 2021: Australidea (Malmideaceae, Lecanorales), a new genus of lecideoid lichens, with notes on the genus Malcolmiella. The Lichenologist 53(5): 395–407. (Published online: 13 October 2021)