Megaspora

Megaspora is a genus of lichens in the family Megasporaceae. The genus was described in 1984 with M. verrucosa as the type species.[2]

Megaspora
Close-up of thallus of Megaspora verrucosa with
half-hidden (aspicilioid) apothecia
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Pertusariales
Family: Megasporaceae
Genus: Megaspora
(Clauzade & Cl.Roux) Hafellner & V.Wirth (1987)
Species

M. rimisorediata
M. tuberculosa
M. verrucosa

Synonyms
  • Aspicilia subgen. Megaspora Clauzade & Cl.Roux (1984)[1]

References
  1. Clauzade G, Roux C. (1984). "Les genres Aspicilia Massal. et Bellemerea Hafellner & Roux". Bulletin de la Société Botanique du Centre-Ouest (in French). 15: 127–41.
  2. Wirth V. (1987). Die Flechten Baden-Württembergs. Verbreitungsatlas (in German). Stuttgart: Verlag Eugen Ulmer. p. 511. ISBN 978-3-8001-3305-5.


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