Reappraisal of the genera of Megalosporaceae (Teloschistales, Ascomycota)
G. Kantvilas A and H. T. Lumbsch B C
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A Tasmanian Herbarium, Private Bag 4, Hobart, Tas. 7001, Australia. Email: gkantvilas@tmag.tas.gov.au
B The Field Museum, Department of Botany, 1400 S Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605, USA.
C Corresponding author. Email: tlumbsch@fieldmuseum.org
Australian Systematic Botany 25(3) 210-216 https://doi.org/10.1071/SB11040
Submitted: 22 November 2011 Accepted: 3 March 2012 Published: 6 June 2012
Abstract
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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