Byssosphaeria

Byssosphaeria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Dothideomycetes
Order:	Pleosporales
Family:	Melanommataceae
Genus:	Byssosphaeria ; Cooke
Type species
	Byssosphaeria keitii; (Berk. & Broome) Cooke

Last updated October 25, 2025

Byssosphaeria is a genus of fungi in the family Melanommataceae.^[1]

Species

As accepted by Species Fungorum;^[2]

Byssosphaeria alnea (Peck) M.E. Barr (1984)
Byssosphaeria erumpens Chi Y. Chen & W.H. Hsieh (2004)
Byssosphaeria erythrinae (B. Huguenin) M.E. Barr (1984)
Byssosphaeria hainanensis (Teng) W.Y. Li & W.Y. Zhuang (2008)
Byssosphaeria jamaicana (Sivan.) M.E. Barr (1984)
Byssosphaeria juniperi (Tracy & Earle) You Z. Wang, Aptroot & K.D. Hyde (2004)
Byssosphaeria macarangae Tennakoon, C.H. Kuo & K.D. Hyde (2018)
Byssosphaeria musae Phook. & K.D. Hyde (2015)
Byssosphaeria oviformis M.E. Barr (1984)
Byssosphaeria phoenicis Kular. & K.D. Hyde (2022)
Byssosphaeria rhodomphala (Berk.) Cooke (1887)
Byssosphaeria salebrosa (Sacc.) M.E. Barr (1984)
Byssosphaeria schiedermayriana (Fuckel) M.E. Barr (1984)
Byssosphaeria semen (Cooke & Peck) M.E. Barr (1984)
Byssosphaeria siamensis Boonmee, Q. Tian & K.D. Hyde (2015)
Byssosphaeria taiwanense Tennakoon, C.H. Kuo & K.D. Hyde (2018)
Byssosphaeria xestothele (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) M.E. Barr (1984)

Former species;^[2]

B. aquila(Fr.) Stev. (1879) = Rosellinia aquila , Xylariaceae
B. barbicinctaEllis & Everh. (1888) = Chaetosphaeria barbicincta , Chaetosphaeriaceae
B. buxi(Fabre) Cooke (1887) = Dematophora buxi , Xylariaceae
B. callimorpha(Mont.) Cooke (1887) = Dictyochaeta callimorpha , Chaetosphaeriaceae
B. calyculus(Mont.) Cooke (1887) = Nitschkia calyculus , Nitschkiaceae
B. conferta(Schwein.) Cooke (1887) = Scortechinia conferta , Scortechiniaceae
B. corticium(Schwein.) Cooke (1887) = Rosellinia corticium , Xylariaceae
B. corynephoraCooke (1883) = Trichosphaeria corynephora , Trichosphaeriaceae
B. desmazieri(Berk. & Broome) Stev. (1879) = Rosellinia desmazieri , Xylariaceae
B. diffusaCooke (1887) = Herpotrichia diffusa , Melanommataceae
B. epixantha(Berk. & Broome) Cooke (1887) = Hypoxylon epixanthum , Hypoxylaceae
B. epochnii(Berk. & Broome) Cooke (1887) = Exosporiella fungorum , Ascomycota
B. euomphala(Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Cooke (1887) = Tympanopsis confertula , Scortechiniaceae
B. helicophila(Cooke) Cooke (1887) = Thaxteriella pezizula , Tubeufiaceae
B. innumera(Berk. & Broome ex Tul. & C. Tul.) Cooke (1887) = Chaetosphaeria innumera , Chaetosphaeriaceae
B. investans(Cooke) Cooke (1887) = Eriosphaeria investans , Trichosphaeriaceae
B. keithii(Berk. & Broome) Cooke (1879) = Byssosphaeria schiedermayriana
B. luteobasis(Ellis) Cooke (1887) = Endoxylina luteobasis , Sordariomycetes
B. pachnostomaBerk. & M.A. Curtis ex Cooke (1887) = Pseudotrichia pachnostoma , Melanommataceae
B. phaeostroma(Durieu & Mont.) Stev. (1879) = Chaetosphaerella phaeostroma , Chaetosphaerellaceae
B. quercina(R. Hartig) Cooke (1887) = Rosellinia quercina , Xylariaceae
B. thelena(Fr.) Stev. (1879) = Rosellinia thelena , Xylariaceae
B. thelena var. elegansDuby ex Cooke (1887) = Rosellinia thelena , Xylariaceae
B. tristis(J. Kickx f.) Cooke (1887) = Acanthonitschkea tristis , Nitschkiaceae
B. villosa(Samuels & E. Müll.) Boise (1986) = Herpotrichia villosa , Melanommataceae

References

↑ Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany: 1–58. Archived from the original on 2009-03-18.
1 2 "Species Fungorum - Search Page - Byssosphaeria". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 4 August 2023.

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[1] Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany: 1–58. Archived from the original on 2009-03-18.

[Fungorum-2] 1 2 "Species Fungorum - Search Page - Byssosphaeria". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 4 August 2023.

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