Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Fungi
Subregnum: Dikarya
Divisio: Ascomycota
Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina
Classis: Lecanoromycetes
Subclassis: Lecanoromycetidae
Ordo: Teloschistales
Subordo: Teloschistineae
Familia: Megalosporaceae
Genera: Megaloblastenia – Megalospora – Sipmaniella
Name
Megalosporaceae Vezda ex Hafellner & Bellem., 1982
Typification Details: Megalospora sulphurata Meyen, 1843
References
Vězda ex Hafellner & Bellem., Nova Hedwigia 35: 216 (1982) [1981]
Hafellner, J. and Bellemere, A. (1981) Elektronenoptische Untersuchungen an Arten der Flechtengattung Bombyliospora und die taxonomischen Konsequenzen. - Nova Hedwigia 35: 207–235. (RLL List # 116-39 / Rec. # 7209 - Recent Literature on Lichens)
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)
Index Fungorum
MycoBank
Vernacular names
The Megalosporaceae are a family of mostly lichen-forming fungi belonging to the class Lecanoromycetes in the division Ascomycota. Most species have a tropical distribution.[1] The family contains three genera (Megaloblastenia, Megalospora, and Sipmaniella) and 38 species.[2]
References
Cannon PF, Kirk PM (2007). Fungal Families of the World. Wallingford: CABI. p. 201. ISBN 0-85199-827-5.
Lücking, Robert; Hodkinson, Brendan P.; Leavitt, Steven D. (2017). "The 2016 classification of lichenized fungi in the Ascomycota and Basidiomycota–Approaching one thousand genera". The Bryologist. 119 (4): 361–416. doi:10.1639/0007-2745-119.4.361.
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