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]
Megalosporaceae | |
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Megalospora porphyritis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Teloschistales |
Family: | Megalosporaceae Vĕzda ex Hafellner & Bellem. (1982) |
Genera | |
References
edit- ^ Cannon PF, Kirk PM (2007). Fungal Families of the World. Wallingford: CABI. p. 201. ISBN 978-0-85199-827-5.
- ^ 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.