Megalaria

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Megalaria
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Ramalinaceae
Genus: Megalaria
Hafellner (1984)
Type species
Megalaria grossa
(Pers. ex Nyl.) Hafellner (1984)

Megalaria is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Ramalinaceae. [1] The genus was circumscribed by Austrian lichenologist Josef Hafellner in 1984, with Megalaria grossa assigned as the type species. [2]

Species

As of March 2023, Species Fungorum (in the Catalogue of Life) accepts 44 species of Megalaria. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Megalaria". Catalogue of Life . Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  2. Hafellner, J. "Studien in Richtung einer natürlichen Gliederung der Sammelfamilien Lecanoracae und Lecideaceae". Beihefte zur Nova Hedwigia (in German). 79: 241–371.
  3. Fryday, A.M. (2007). "A new species of Megalaria from Îles Kerguelen in the southern Indian Ocean". The Lichenologist. 39 (4): 371–375. doi:10.1017/S0024282907007025. S2CID   84617693.
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  5. 1 2 Kantvilas, G. (2016). "Further observations on the lichen genus Megalaria in Tasmania: some species with blue-green apothecial pigments". Herzogia. 29 (2/1): 421–434. doi:10.13158/heia.29.2.2016.421. S2CID   89283113.
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