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Family of lichen-forming fungi

Megasporaceae
Aspicilia calcarea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Pertusariales
Family: Megasporaceae
Lumbsch (1994)
Type genus
Megaspora
(Clauzade & Cl.Roux) Hafellner & V.Wirth (1987)

Megasporaceae are a family of fungi belonging to the order Pertusariales. Taxa are lichenized with green algae, and grow on rocks, often in maritime climates close to fresh water. Phylogenetic analysis has shown that this family is related to the Pertusariaceae, another family of lichens. The genus Aspicilia was moved here from the Hymeneliaceae.

Genera

Genera of this family include:

  • Aspicilia A.Massal. (1852) – ca. 200 spp.
  • Aspiciliella M.Choisy (1932) – 2 spp.
  • Circinaria Link (1809) – 31 spp.
  • Lobothallia (Clauzade & Cl.Roux) Hafellner (1991) – 17 spp.
  • Megaspora (Clauzade & Cl.Roux) Hafellner & V.Wirth (1987) – 4 spp.
  • Oxneriaria S.Y.Kondr. & Lőkös (2017) – 9 spp.
  • Sagedia Ach. (1809) – 12 spp.
  • Teuvoa Sohrabi & S.D.Leav (2013) – 5 spp.

References

  1. 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:11336/151990.
  2. Fungal Families of the World. Wallingford, UK: CABI. 2007. p. 202. ISBN 978-0-85199-827-5.
  3. Schmitt, I.; Yamamoto, Y.; Lumbsch, H.T. (2006). "Phylogeny of Pertusariales (Ascomycotina): Resurrection of Ochrolechiaceae and new circumscription of Megasporaceae". Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory. 100: 753–764.
  4. Lumbsch, T.H.; Feige, G.B.; Schmitz, K.E. (1994). "Systematic studies in the Pertusariales. I: Megasporaceae, a new family of lichenized ascomycetes". Hattori Shokubutsu Kenkyujo Hokoku. 75: 295–304.
  5. Haji Moniri, M.; Gromakova, A.B.; Lőkös, L.; Kondratyuk, S.Y. (2017). "New members of the Megasporaceae (Pertusariales, lichen-forming Ascomycota): Megaspora iranica spec. nova and Oxneriaria gen. nova" (PDF). Acta Botanica Hungarica. 59 (3–4): 343–370. doi:10.1556/034.59.2017.3-4.5. S2CID 90704563.
  6. Sohrabi, Mohammad; Leavitt, Steven D.; Rico, Víctor J.; Halici, Mehmet G.; Shrestha, Gajendra; Stenroos, Soili (2013). "Teuvoa, a new lichen genus in Megasporaceae (Ascomycota: Pertusariales), including Teuvoa junipericola sp. nov". The Lichenologist. 45 (3): 347–360. doi:10.1017/S0024282913000108. S2CID 84530559.
Taxon identifiers
Megasporaceae


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