Name:		Ascosphaera L.S. Olive & Spiltoir, Mycologia 47 (1955) page 242 [basionym]
Synonym(s):		Pericystis Betts (1912)
Status:		Genus
Taxonomic position:		Ascosphaeraceae Olive & Spiltoir [Family] Ascosphaerales Gäum. ex Benny & Kimbr. [Order] Eurotiomycetidae Doweld [Subclass] Eurotiomycetes O.E. Erikss. & Winka [Class] Pezizomycotina O.E. Erikss. & Winka [Subdivision / Subphylum] Ascomycota Caval.-Sm. [Division / Phylum] Fungi R.T. Moore [Kingdom]
Constituent taxa:		Species Ascosphaera acerosa Bissett, G. Duke & Goettel Ascosphaera aggregata Skou Ascosphaera alvei (Betts) Olive & Spiltoir Ascosphaera apis (Maasen ex Claussen) Olive & Spiltoir Ascosphaera asterophora Skou Ascosphaera atra Skou & Hackett Ascosphaera celerrima Skou Ascosphaera cinnamomea Skou Ascosphaera columbrina Bissett Ascosphaera duoformis D.L. Anderson & N.L. Gibson Ascosphaera fimicola Skou Ascosphaera flava D.L. Anderson & N.L. Gibson Ascosphaera fusiformis Skou Ascosphaera larvis Bissett Ascosphaera major (Prökschl & Zobl) Skou Ascosphaera naganensis Skou Ascosphaera osmophila Skou & J.E. King Ascosphaera parasitica Skou Ascosphaera pollenicola Bissett Ascosphaera proliperda Skou Ascosphaera scaccaria Pinnock, R.B. Coles & B. Donovan Ascosphaera solina D.L. Anderson & N.L. Gibson Ascosphaera subcuticularis D.L. Anderson & N.L. Gibson Ascosphaera tenax Skou & S.N. Holm Ascosphaera torchioi Youssef & McManus Ascosphaera variegata Bissett Ascosphaera verrucosa Skou Ascosphaera xerophila Skou
Cybertruffle Resources:		Cyberliber Cumulative Index Biological Records Database (1 record)
Links:		Fungal Databases [Systematic Botany and Mycology, USDA] Genbank Google images IMI [CABI Fungus Dried Reference Collection] Index Fungorum Landcare [New Zealand] Mycobank New York Botanic Garden [Virtual Fungus Dried Reference Collection]