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Megaspora
Sign in to saveMegaspora is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Megasporaceae. It contains four species of crustose lichens that typically grow on soil, bryophytes (mosses and liverworts), or plant litter on chalky .
Species
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumAscomycota
- ClassLecanoromycetes
- OrderPertusariales
- FamilyMegasporaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 32
- With media
- 35
- Family
- Megasporaceae
- Collections
- US, COLO, BRY, WIS, ASU, TLE
- Recorded in
- Russian Federation, Bosnia And Herzegovina, Mexico, United States, Venezuela, Canada
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Megasporaceae
- Image
- Megaspora verrucosa 97523.jpg
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- taxon name
- Megaspora
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon common name
- False sunken disk lichen; Megaspora lichen
- taxonomic type
- Megaspora verrucosa
- Commons category
- Megaspora
- taxon author citation
- (Clauzade & Cl. Roux) Hafellner & V. Wirth
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Encyclopedic overview
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Megaspora is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Megasporaceae. It contains four species of crustose lichens that typically grow on soil, bryophytes (mosses and liverworts), or plant litter on chalky .
==Taxonomy== The genus was circumscribed by Georges Clauzade and Claude Roux in 1984 with M. verrucosa assigned as the type species.
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