Name:		Microsphaeropsis Höhn., (1917) page 267 [basionym]
Synonym(s):		Phyllostictella Tassi (1901) Coniothyriopsis Speg. (1910) Cryptophaeella Höhn. (1917) Microsporella Höhn. (1918) Sclerothyrium Höhn. (1918) Dothisphaeropsis Höhn. (1919) Chaetosphaeropsis Curzi & Barbaini (1927)
Status:		Genus, anamorph (coelomycete)
Taxonomic position:		Montagnulaceae M.E. Barr [Family] Pleosporales Luttr. ex M.E. Barr [Order] Pleosporomycetidae C.L. Schoch, Spatafora, Crous & Shoemaker [Subclass] Dothideomycetes 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 Microsphaeropsis amaranthi (Ellis & Barthol.) Heiny & Mintz Microsphaeropsis arundinis (S. Ahmad) B. Sutton Microsphaeropsis callista (Syd.) B. Sutton Microsphaeropsis clidemiae B. Sutton Microsphaeropsis concentrica (Desm.) Morgan-Jones Microsphaeropsis conielloides B. Sutton Microsphaeropsis cupressacearum (M. Morelet) Kiffer & M. Morelet Microsphaeropsis eucalypti (Gonz. Frag.) B. Sutton Microsphaeropsis globulosa (Sousa da Câmara) B. Sutton Microsphaeropsis olivacea (Bonord.) Höhn. Microsphaeropsis pittospororum (Sacc.) G.F. Laundon Microsphaeropsis pseudaspera B. Sutton Microsphaeropsis strychnotis S.M. Lin & P.K. Chi
Cybertruffle Resources:		Cyberliber Cumulative Index Biological Records Database (45 records)
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]