Megalaria

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]

Megalaria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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)

Species

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

  • Megalaria allantoidea Fryday (2007)[3] – Kerguelen Islands
  • Megalaria anaglyptica (Kremp.) Fryday & Lendemer (2010)
  • Megalaria bengalensis Jagad.Ram, Aptroot, G.P.Sinha & Kr.P.Singh (2007)[4] – India
  • Megalaria bryophila (Müll.Arg.) Elix (2012)
  • Megalaria endochroma (Fée) Fryday & Lendemer (2010)
  • Megalaria grossa (Pers. ex Nyl.) Hafellner (1984)
  • Megalaria hafellneriana Kantvilas (2016)[5] – Tasmania
  • Megalaria imshaugii Fryday (2004)[6]
  • Megalaria insularis P.M.McCarthy & Elix (2018)[7] – Australia
  • Megalaria intermiscens (Nyl.) Fryday & Lendemer (2010)
  • Megalaria intermixta (Nyl.) Kalb (2007)
  • Megalaria jemtlandica (Th.Fr. & Almq.) Fryday (2004)
  • Megalaria laureri (Hepp ex Th.Fr.) Hafellner (1993)
  • Megalaria leptocheila (Tuck.) Fryday & Lendemer (2010)
  • Megalaria leucochlora (Mont.) Fryday & Lendemer (2010)
  • Megalaria macrospora Fryday (2004)
  • Megalaria maculosa (Stirt.) D.J.Galloway (2004)
  • Megalaria melaloma (Zahlbr.) Kantvilas (2008)
  • Megalaria melanopotamica (I.M.Lamb) Fryday & Lendemer (2010)
  • Megalaria montana P.M.McCarthy & Elix (2016)[8] – Australia
  • Megalaria obludens (Nyl.) Fryday & Lendemer (2010)
  • Megalaria ochraceonigra (Räsänen) Kalb (2007)
  • Megalaria orokonuiana Fryday & A.Knight (2012)[9] – New Zealand
  • Megalaria pannosa (Zahlbr.) Fryday & Lendemer (2010)
  • Megalaria phaeolomiza (I.M.Lamb) Fryday & Lendemer (2010)
  • Megalaria planocarpa Kantvilas (2016)[5] – Tasmania
  • Megalaria pulverea (Borrer) Hafellner & E.Schreiner (1992)
  • Megalaria semipallida (Nyl. ex C.Knight) D.J.Galloway (2004)
  • Megalaria spodophana (Nyl.) D.J.Galloway (2004)
  • Megalaria subcarnea (Müll.Arg.) D.J.Galloway (2004)
  • Megalaria subintermixta (Müll.Arg.) Kantvilas (2016)
  • Megalaria sublivens (Nyl.) D.J.Galloway (2004)
  • Megalaria subtasmanica Kantvilas (2008)[10] – Tasmania
  • Megalaria variegata (Müll.Arg.) D.J.Galloway (2004)

References
  1. "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.
  4. Jagadeesh Ram, T.A.M.; Aptroot, A.; Sinha, G.P.; Singh, K.P. (2007). "A new isidiate Megalaria species and new records of lichenized, lichenicolous and non-lichenized ascomycetes from India". Nova Hedwigia. 85 (1–2): 139–144. doi:10.1127/0029-5035/2007/0085-0139.
  5. 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.
  6. Fryday, A.M. (2004). "New species and records of lichenized fungi from Campbell Island and the Auckland Islands, New Zealand". Bibliotheca Lichenologica. 88: 127–146.
  7. Elix, J.A.; McCarthy, P.M. (2018). "Ten new lichen species (Ascomycota) from Australia". Australasian Lichenology. 82: 20–59.
  8. McCarthy, P.M.; Elix, J.A. (2016). "Five new lichen species (Ascomycota) from south-eastern Australia". Telopea. 19: 137–151. doi:10.7751/TELOPEA10732. S2CID 89582289.
  9. Fryday, A.M.; Knight, A. (2012). "A new species of Megalaria (Ramalinaceae, lichenized Ascomycota) from South Island, New Zealand". Australasian Lichenology. 70: 26–29.
  10. Kantvilas, G. (2008). "Observations on some Tasmanian species of the lichen genus Megalaria (Lecanorales: Megalariaceae)". Muelleria. 26 (2): 62–69. doi:10.5962/p.337562. S2CID 85846633.


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