Megalospora Meyen
Type : Megalospora sulphurata Meyen
Description : Flora (1985: 265).
Key
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Thallus of coarse, irregular granules, granules inflated, bursting to become sorediate; apothecial disc brown, margins pale-brown; exciple K+ yellow
Thallus thick, warted–papillate, not granular; apothecial disc dark reddish brown, margins dark-brown to black; exciple K+ red
atrorubicans ssp. australis
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Orange-brown layer present below hymenium
gompholoma ssp. gompholoma
Dark-brown layer present below hymenium
gompholoma ssp. fuscolineata
Megalospora is a mainly tropical genus of c. 30 described corticolous species (Sipman 1983, 1986b; Kantvilas 1994d) accommodated in the family Megalosporaceae (Hafellner & Bellemère 1982; Eriksson et al. 2004; Pennycook & Galloway 2004; Eriksson 2005). Main areas of speciation are New Zealand, New Guinea and Australia. Nine taxa are known from New Zealand.
