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 Megaspora, Lobothalia, and Aspicilia.

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.