Chlorosplenium

Chlorosplenium
Chlorosplenium chlora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Leotiomycetes
Order:	Helotiales
Family:	Chlorospleniaceae Ekanayaka & K.D.Hyde (2019)
Genus:	Chlorosplenium Fr. (1849)
Type species
Chlorosplenium chlora (Schwein.) M.A.Curtis (1849)

Chlorosplenium is the sole genus in the fungal family Chlorospleniaceae. ^[1] The genus was circumscribed by Elias Magnus Fries in 1849. ^[2]

Species

As of September 2025 ^[update] , the nomenclatural authority Index Fungorum accepts 19 species of Chlorosplenium: ^[1]

• Chlorosplenium atroviride Bres. (1906)
• Chlorosplenium caesioluteum (Berk. & Broome) Dennis (1963)
• Chlorosplenium cenangium (De Not.) Korf (1977)
• Chlorosplenium chlora (Schwein.) M.A.Curtis (1856)
• Chlorosplenium chlorophanum (M.Rousseau & De Not.) Boud. (1907)
• Chlorosplenium foliaceum (Starbäck) Rick (1931)
• Chlorosplenium fusisporum Liou & Z.C.Chen (1977)
• Chlorosplenium hyperici-maculati Svrček (1992)
• Chlorosplenium hypochlorum (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) J.R. Dixon (1974)
• Chlorosplenium indicum Dumont, Korf & H.Singh (1974)
• Chlorosplenium microspermum Henn. 1902)
• Chlorosplenium olivaceum Rick (1931)
• Chlorosplenium rodwayi Korf (1959)
• Chlorosplenium rugipes (Peck) Korf (1959)
• Chlorosplenium sinicum H.D.Zheng & W.Y.Zhuang (2021)
• Chlorosplenium sinochlorum H.D.Zheng & W.Y.Zhuang (2021)
• Chlorosplenium stemmatum (P.Karst.) P.Karst. (1873)
• Chlorosplenium viride (Schwein.) Morgan (1902)
• Chlorosplenium viridulum (Massee & Morgan) Dennis (1963)

References

1. "Chlorosplenium". Catalogue of Life . Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
2. Fries EM. (1846). Summa vegetabilium Scandiaviae (in Latin). Vol. 2. Stockholm, Sweden: A. Bonnier. p. 356.