Megasporia

Megasporia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Polyporales
Family:	Polyporaceae
Genus:	Megasporia ; B.K.Cui, Y.C.Dai & Hai J.Li (2013)
Type species
	Megasporia hexagonoides; (Speg.) B.K.Cui, Y.C.Dai & Hai J.Li (2013)

Last updated September 17, 2025

Megasporia is a genus of poroid crust fungi in the family Polyporaceae. It was circumscribed in 2013 as a segregate genus of Megasporoporia .^[1] Most Megasporia species are found in subtropical and tropical China; the type species, Megasporia hexagonoides , is found in tropical and subtropical America.^[2]

Species

Megasporia cystidiolophora (B.K.Cui & Y.C.Dai) B.K.Cui & Hai J.Li (2013)
Megasporia ellipsoidea (B.K.Cui & P.Du) B.K.Cui & Hai J.Li (2013)
Megasporia guangdongensis B.K.Cui & Hai J.Li (2013)
Megasporia hengduanensis B.K.Cui & Hai J.Li (2013)
Megasporia hexagonoides (Speg.) B.K.Cui, Y.C.Dai & Hai J.Li (2013)
Megasporia major (G.Y.Zheng & Z.S.Bi) B.K. Cui, Y.C.Dai & Hai J.Li (2013)
Megasporia rimosa Y.Yuan, X.H.Ji & Y.C.Dai (2017)^[2]
Megasporia tropica Y.Yuan, X.H.Ji & Y.C.Dai (2017)^[2]
Megasporia violacea (B.K.Cui & P.Du) B.K. Cui, Y.C.Dai & Hai J.Li (2013)
Megasporia yunnanensis Y.Yuan, X.H.Ji & Y.C.Dai (2017)^[2]

References

↑ Li, Hai-Jiao; Cui, Bao-Kai (2013). "Taxonomy and phylogeny of the genus Megasporoporia and its related genera". Mycologia. 105 (2): 368–383. doi:10.3852/12-114. PMID 23099513.
1 2 3 4 Yuan, Yuan; Ji, Xiao-Hong; Chen, Jia-Jia; Dai, Yu-Cheng (2017). "Three new species of Megasporia (Polyporales, Basidiomycota) from China" (PDF). MycoKeys (20): 37–50. doi: 10.3897/mycokeys.20.11816 .

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[Li_2013-1] Li, Hai-Jiao; Cui, Bao-Kai (2013). "Taxonomy and phylogeny of the genus Megasporoporia and its related genera". Mycologia. 105 (2): 368–383. doi:10.3852/12-114. PMID 23099513.

[Yuan_2017-2] 1 2 3 4 Yuan, Yuan; Ji, Xiao-Hong; Chen, Jia-Jia; Dai, Yu-Cheng (2017). "Three new species of Megasporia (Polyporales, Basidiomycota) from China" (PDF). MycoKeys (20): 37–50. doi: 10.3897/mycokeys.20.11816 .

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