Name:		Megalospora Meyen, Nova Acta Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Germanicum Naturae Curiosorum 19 (1843) page 228 [basionym]
Synonym(s):		Heterothecium Flot. (1850) Bombyliospora De Not. (1852) Dumoulinia Stein (1883) Byssophragmia M. Choisy (1931) Bombyliosporomyces Cif. & Tomas. (1953)
Status:		Genus, lichen-forming
Taxonomic position:		Megalosporaceae Vězda ex Hafellner & Bellem. [Family] Teloschistales D. Hawksw. & O.E. Erikss. [Order] Lecanoromycetidae P.M. Kirk, P.F. Cannon, J.C. David & Stalpers ex Miądl., Lutzoni & Lumbsch [Subclass] Lecanoromycetes O.E. Erikss. & Winka [Class] Pezizomycotina O.E. Erikss. & Winka [Subdivision / Subphylum] Ascomycota Caval.-Sm. [Division / Phylum] Fungi R.T. Moore [Kingdom]
Constituent taxa:		Species Megalospora affinis (Schaer.) A. Massal. Megalospora alpina Megalospora atrorubricans (Nyl.) Zahlbr. Megalospora biclipea (Shirley) Zahlbr. Megalospora bicolorata Megalospora campylospora (Stirt.) Sipman Megalospora carneorosela de Lesd. Megalospora castanocarpa A.L. Sm. Megalospora coccodes (Bél.) Sipman Megalospora cummingsiae Riddle Megalospora cylindriphora (Tayl.) Vain. Megalospora dichroma (Fée) Zahlbr. Megalospora dimota Malme Megalospora dispora C. Knight Megalospora duplicella Megalospora fucata Megalospora glaucescens (Nyl.) Zahlbr. Megalospora jamaicensis Riddle Megalospora kayabanensis Megalospora lividocincta (Müll. Arg.) Zahlbr. Megalospora lutea Flot. Megalospora maquilingensis Megalospora marginiflexa (Hook. f. & Taylor) Zahlbr. Megalospora megacarpa Megalospora megaspora (Leight.) Zahlbr. Megalospora meizophthalma Megalospora meladermia Megalospora melanodermia (Müll. Arg.) Zahlbr. Megalospora melina (Kremp. ex Nyl.) H. Olivier Megalospora microphthalma Megalospora occidentalis Kantvilas Megalospora ophthalmocarpa (Vain.) Zahlbr. Megalospora pachycarpa (Delise) Bellem. & Hafellner Megalospora pachycarpa Oliv. Megalospora pachyloma Megalospora pauaiensis Megalospora premneella (Müll. Arg.) Zahlbr. Megalospora pruinata (Müll. Arg.) Sipman Megalospora pulverata Kantvilas Megalospora reniformis (Shirley) Zahlbr. Megalospora sanguinaria (L.) A. Massal. Megalospora stellenboschiana (Vain.) Zahlbr. Megalospora submarginiflexa (Vain.) Zahlbr. Megalospora subsanguinaria Megalospora subvigilans Megalospora sulphurata Meyen Megalospora sulphureorufa (Nyl.) Riddle Megalospora tasmanica (Jatta) Zahlbr. Megalospora thwaitesii Megalospora tuberculosa (Fée) Sipman Megalospora verruculosa Makhija & Nagarkar Megalospora versicolor (Fée) Zahlbr. Megalospora vigilans (Tayl.) Zahlbr.
Cybertruffle Resources:		Cyberliber Cumulative Index Biological Records Database (6 records)
Links:		Fungal Databases [Systematic Botany and Mycology, USDA] Genbank Google images IMI [CABI Fungus Dried Reference Collection] Index Fungorum Landcare [New Zealand] Mycobank New York Botanic Garden [Virtual Fungus Dried Reference Collection]