Megaspora

Megaspora
	Close-up of thallus of Megaspora verrucosa with ; half-hidden (aspicilioid) apothecia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Ascomycetes
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);

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

References

^ 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.
^ 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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