Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Fungi
Subregnum: Dikarya
Divisio: Ascomycota
Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina
Classis: Lecanoromycetes
Subclassis: Lecanoromycetidae
Ordo: Teloschistales
Subordo: Teloschistineae
Familia: Megalosporaceae
Genus: Megalospora
Species: M. admixta – M. albescens – M. atrorubicans – M. australiensis – M. austropacifica – M. bartlettii – M. coccodes – M. disjuncta – M. galactocarpa – M. galapagoensis – M. gompholoma – M. granulans – M. halei – M. hillii – M. kalbii – M. knightii – M. lopadioides – M. maderensis – M. melanodermia – M. occidentalis – M. pachycheila – M. pauciseptata – M. porphyritis – M. pruinata – M. pulverata – M. pupa – M. queenslandica – M. reniformis – M. subtuberculosa – M. sulphurata – M. thomensis – M. tuberculosa – M. weberi
Name
Megalospora Meyen, 1843
Synonyms
Bombyliospora De Not., in Massalongo, Ric. auton. lich. crost. (Verona): 114 (1852)
Bombyliosporomyces Cif. & Tomas., Atti Ist. bot. Univ. Lab. crittog. Pavia, Ser. 5 10(1): 37, 63 (1953)
Byssophragmia M. Choisy, Bull. Soc. bot. Fr. 78: 454 (1931)
Dumoulinia Stein, Jber. schles. Ges. vaterl. Kultur 60: 231 (1883)
Heterothecium Flot., Bot. Ztg. 8: 368 (1850)
References
In Meyen & Flotow, Nova Acta Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur., Suppl. 1 19: 228 (1843)
Meyen, J. and Flotow, J. (1843) Lichenes Exotici (Observationes in itinere circum terram institutae (1830-1832): Lichenes. - Nova Acta Acad. Caesar. Leopold.-Carol. 19, Suppl.: 209–232. (Mattick Rec.# 33965 - Literature on Lichens) (PDF file)
Kantvilas, G. and Lumbsch, H.T. (2012) Reappraisal of the genera of Megalosporaceae (Teloschistales, Ascomycota). Australian Systematic Botany 25(3) 210-216. (Abstract) (Megalospora pauciseptata (Shirley) Kantvilas & Lumbsch and M. pupa (Sipman) Kantvilas & Lumbsch, are proposed.)
Sipman, H.J.M. (1983) A Monograph of the Lichen Family Megalosporaceae. - Bibliotheca Lichenologica No. 18. J. Cramer, Vaduz. 241 pp. (RLL List # 117-83 / Rec. # 17434 - Recent Literature on Lichens)
USDA Plants Database
North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#18) 13 Dec 2012
Index Fungorum
MycoBank
Vernacular names
Megalospora is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Megalosporaceae.[2]
Taxonomy
The genus was circumscribed in 1843 by Prussian botanist Franz Meyen, with Megalospora sulphurata assigned as the type, and at that time, only species. The genus was then largely defined on the basis of the structure of the apothecia.[3]
In 2012, Gintaras Kantvilas and H. Thorsten Lumbsch synonymized the genus Austroblastenia (which contained two species) with Megalospora, based on both morphology and molecular phylogeny.[4]
Description
Megalospora is characterised by its large, bicellar ascospores. Other features include the crustose thallus, the lecideine apothecia, and the presence of oil droplets in the hymenium.[5] The photobiont partner is a member of the green algal genus Dictyochloropsis. Megalospora species are usually distinguished based on the type of ascospore, thallus chemistry, and the presence or absence of reproductive propagules such as isidia and soralia.[4]
Species
As of December 2021, Species Fungorum accepts 22 species of Megalospora.[6]
Megalospora albomarginata Untari (2006)[5] – Java
Megalospora atrorubricans (Nyl.) Zahlbr. (1926)
Megalospora australiensis (Müll.Arg.) Sipman (1983)
Megalospora austropacifica Lumbsch, Naikatini & Lücking (2011)[7] – Fiji
Megalospora caraibica Lücking (2007)[8] – Jamaica
Megalospora clandestina Kantvilas (2018)[9] – Tasmania
Megalospora disjuncta Sipman (1986)[10] – New Zealand
Megalospora flavoexcipulata Untari (2006)[5] – Java
Megalospora galactocarpa (Zahlbr.) Elix (2009)
Megalospora galapagoensis Bungartz, Ziemmeck & Lücking (2011)[7]
Megalospora imshaugii Lücking (2007)[8] – Jamaica
Megalospora javanica Untari (2006)[5] – Java
Megalospora lopadioides Sipman (1983)[11] – Tasmania
Megalospora melanodermia (Müll.Arg.) Zahlbr. (1926)
Megalospora occidentalis Kantvilas (1994)[12] – Western Australia
Megalospora pauciseptata (Shirley) Kantvilas & Lumbsch (2012)
Megalospora porphyritis (Tuck.) R.C.Harris (1984)
Megalospora pulverata Kantvilas (1994)[12] – Tasmania
Megalospora pupa (Sipman) Kantvilas & Lumbsch (2012)
Megalospora queenslandica Sipman (1983)[11]
Megalospora reniformis (C.Knight ex Shirley) Zahlbr. (1926)
Megalospora subtuberculosa (C.Knight) Sipman (1983)
Megalospora sulphurata Meyen (1843) – widespread
Megalospora tuberculosa (Fée) Sipman (1983)
References
"Synonymy: Megalospora Meyen, in Meyen & Flotow, Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur., Suppl. 1 19: 228 (1843)". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, Laith Khalil Tawfeeq; Somayeh, Dolatabadi; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny; et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere. 11: 1060–1456. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8. hdl:10481/61998.
Meyen, J.; Flotow, J. (1843). "Observationes Botanicas in itinere circum terram institutas (1830–1832): Lichenes". Nova Acta Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Germanicae Naturae Curiosorum (in Latin). 19 (Suppl. 1): 209–232.
Kantvilas, Gintaras; Lumbsch, H. Thorsten (2012). "Reappraisal of the genera of Megalosporaceae (Teloschistales, Ascomycota)". Australian Systematic Botany. 25 (3): 210–216. doi:10.1071/SB11040. S2CID 84245560.
Untari, Ludmilla Fitri (2006). "The lichen genus Megalospora in Java". Mycotaxon. 97: 129–143.
Source dataset. Species Fungorum Plus: Species Fungorum for CoL+. "Megalospora". Catalog of Life Version 2021-12-18. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
Lumbsch, H.T.; Ahti, T.; Altermann, S.; De Paz, G.A.; Aptroot, A.; Arup, U.; et al. (2011). "One hundred new species of lichenized fungi: a signature of undiscovered global diversity". Phytotaxa. 18 (1). Magnolia Press: 83. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.18.1.1. hdl:11336/4198.
Lücking, R. (2007). "Megalospora imshaugii sp. nov. and M. caraibica sp. nov. from Jamaica (Ascomycota: Teloschistales: Megalosporaceae) increase the number of American Megalospora species to ten". Fungal Diversity. 27: 103–110.
Kantvilas, Gintaras (2018). "A new species of Megalospora Meyen (lichenised Ascomycetes) from Tasmania". Cryptogam Biodiversity and Assessment (1): 6–10. doi:10.21756/cab.esp2.
Sipman, H. (1986). "Additional notes on the lichen family Megalosporaceae". Willdenowia. 15: 557–564.
Sipman, H.J.M. (1983). A Monograph of the Lichen Family Megalosporaceae. Bibliotheca Lichenologica. Vol. 18. Strauss & Kramer GmbH. pp. 1–241. ISBN 978-3-7682-1354-7.
Kantvilas, Gintaras (1994). "Additions to the family Megalosporaceae in Tasmania and mainland Australia". The Lichenologist. 26 (4): 349–366. Bibcode:1994ThLic..26..349K. doi:10.1006/lich.1994.1029. S2CID 84768080.
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