Megalosporaceae
Megalospora porphyritis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Teloschistales
Family: Megalosporaceae
Vĕzda ex Hafellner & Bellem. (1982)
Genera

Megaloblastenia
Megalospora
Sipmaniella

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

  1. Cannon PF, Kirk PM (2007). Fungal Families of the World. Wallingford: CABI. p. 201. ISBN 0-85199-827-5.
  2. 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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