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Megalotremis is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Monoblastiaceae.^[1] It has 16 species.^[2] The genus was circumscribed by Dutch lichenologist André Aptroot in 1991, with Megalotremis verrucosa assigned as the type species. Megalotremis is a pyrenolichen genus,^[3] meaning its species have perithecioid ascocarps: spherical or flask-shaped, sessile or partly immersed in the thallus, with a single opening (ostiole) and enclosed by a distinct wall.

Division:Ascomycota

Class:Dothideomycetes

Order:Monoblastiales

Family:Monoblastiaceae

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Megalotremis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Dothideomycetes
Order:	Monoblastiales
Family:	Monoblastiaceae
Genus:	Megalotremis Aptroot (1991)
Type species
Megalotremis verrucosa (Makhija & Patw.) Aptroot (1991)

Species

Megalotremis biocellata Aptroot (1991)^[3]
Megalotremis cauliflora Aptroot, Sérus. & Lücking (2008)^[4]
Megalotremis chibaensis H.Harada (2018)^[5] – Japan
Megalotremis cylindrica Weerakoon & Aptroot (2016)^[6] – Sri Lanka
Megalotremis dolabrata Aptroot (2014)^[7] – New Caledonia
Megalotremis elegans (R.C.Harris) Lücking & Aptroot (2020)
Megalotremis flavovulcana (Komposch) Aptroot (2008)^[8]
Megalotremis holopolia (Nyl.) Lücking & Aptroot (2020)
Megalotremis immersa (Makhija & Patw.) Lücking & Aptroot (2020)
Megalotremis infernalis (Mont.) Aptroot (2008)
Megalotremis lateralis Aptroot (2008)^[4] – Costa Rica
Megalotremis megalospora (Vain.) Aptroot (1995)
Megalotremis monospora (Makhija & Patw.) Lücking & Aptroot (2020)
Megalotremis nemorosa (R.C.Harris) Aptroot (2008)
Megalotremis pustulata Aptroot (1997)^[9] – Papua New Guinea
Megalotremis verrucosa (Makhija & Patw.) Aptroot (1991)

The species formerly known as Megalotremis endobrya (Döbbeler & Poelt) Aptroot (2008) is now Acrocordia endobrya.^[10]

References

[1]
Wijayawardene, N.N.; Hyde, K.D.; Dai, D.Q.; Sánchez-García, M.; Goto, B.T.; Saxena, R.K.; et al. (2022). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa – 2021". Mycosphere. 13 (1): 53–453 [121]. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/13/1/2. hdl:10481/76378.
[2]
"Megalotremis". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
[3]
Aptroot, A. (1991). A Monograph of the Pyrenulaceae (Excluding Anthracothecium and Pyrenula) and the Requienellaceae, with Notes on the Pleomassariaceae, the Trypetheliaceae and Mycomicrothelia (Lichenized and Non-lichenized Ascomycetes). Bibliotheca Lichenologica. Vol. 44. Berlin, Stuttgart: J. Cramer.
[4]
Aptroot, A.; Lücking, R.; Sipman, H.J.M.; Umaña, L.; Chaves, J.L. (2008). Pyrenocarpous Lichens with Bitunicate Asci: A First Assessment of the Lichen Biodiversity Inventory in Costa Rica. Bibliotheca Lichenologica. Vol. 97. Berlin, Stuttgart: J. Cramer in der Gebrüder Borntraeger Verlagsbuchhandlung.
[5]
Harada, H. (2018). "Taxonomic notes on pyrenocarpous lichens in Japan (9). Megalotremis chibaensis sp. nov. (Monoblastiaceae)". Lichenology: A Journal Devoted to All Research Fields of Lichenology [Japan]. 17 (1): 1–4.
[6]
Weerakoon, Gothamie; Aptroot, André (2016). "Nine new lichen species and 64 new records from Sri Lanka" (PDF). Phytotaxa. 280 (2): 152–162. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.280.2.5.
[7]
Aptroot, André (2014). "Two new genera of Arthoniales from New Caledonia and the Solomon Islands, with the description of eight further species". The Bryologist. 117 (3): 282–289. doi:10.1639/0007-2745-117.3.282.
[8]
Komposch, Harald (2005). "Anisomeridium flavovulcanus, a new corticolous lichen from Costa Rica". The Lichenologist. 37 (6): 519–526. doi:10.1017/S0024282905014726.
[9]
Aptroot, A.; Diederich, P.; Sérusiaux, E.; Sipman, H.J.M. (1997). Lichens and Lichenicolous Fungi from New Guinea. Bibliotheca Lichenologica. Vol. 64. Berlin, Stuttgart: J. Cramer.
[10]
"Record Details: Megalotremis endobrya (Döbbeler & Poelt) Aptroot, in Aptroot, Lücking, Sipman, Umaña & Chaves, Biblthca Lichenol. 97: 68 (2008)". Index Fungorum. Retrieved 24 August 2023.

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