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Megaspora
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Megaspora

Megaspora is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Megasporaceae. It contains four species of crustose lichens that typically grow on soil, bryophytes (mosses and liverworts), or plant litter on chalky substrates.

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2 branches of this genus, most-observed first

False Sunken Disk Lichen

speciesMegaspora verrucosa

Megaspora rimisorediata

speciesMegaspora rimisorediata

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 175618.