Megasporaceae

Megasporaceae
Aspicilia calcarea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Ascomycota
Class: Ascomycetes
Order: Pertusariales
Family: Megasporaceae
Lumbsch, Feige & K. Schmitz (1994)

Megasporaceae are a family of fungi belonging to the Ascomycota. Taxa are lichenized with green algae, and grow on rocks, often in maritime climates close to fresh water.[1] Phylogenetic analysis has shown that this family is related to the Pertusariaceae, another family of lichens.[2] The genus Aspicilia was moved here from the Hymeneliaceae.[3]

Genera

Genera of this family include:[4]

References

  1. Fungal families of the world. Wallingford: CABI. 2007. pp. 456 pp. ISBN 0-85199-827-5.
  2. Schmitt I, Yamamoto Y, Lumbsch HT. (2006). Phylogeny of Pertusariales (Ascomycotina): Resurrection of Ochrolechiaceae and new circumscription of Megasporaceae. Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory. 100:753-64.
  3. Lumbsch TH, Feige GB, Schmitz KE. (1994). Systematic studies in the Pertusariales. I: Megasporaceae, a new family of lichenized ascomycetes.Hattori Shokubutsu Kenkyujo Hokoku 75:295-304.
  4. Megasporaceae, Encyclopedia of Life,


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