The status of the genera of the lichen-forming fungal family Megalosporaceae is re-examined. DNA-sequence data utilising three loci and anatomical observations pertaining to the hymenium, asci and ascospores support Megaloblastenia as a distinct genus. Austroblastenia is not supported by molecular, morphological or anatomical data, which suggest that it should be subsumed within Megalospora. Consequently, the new combinations, Megalospora pauciseptata (Shirley) Kantvilas & Lumbsch and M. pupa (Sipman) Kantvilas & Lumbsch, are proposed.
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6 June 2012
Reappraisal of the genera of Megalosporaceae (Teloschistales, Ascomycota)
G. Kantvilas,
H. T. Lumbsch
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Australian Systematic Botany
Vol. 25 • No. 3
June 2012
Vol. 25 • No. 3
June 2012