Name:		Saccothecium Fr., Fl. Scan. (1836) page 349 [basionym]
Synonym(s):		Metasphaeria Sacc. (1883) Pleosphaerulina Pass. (1891) Schizostege Theiss. (1917) Phaeodothiora Petr. (1948)
Status:		Genus
Taxonomic position:		Dothioraceae Theiss. & P. Syd. [Family] Dothideales Lindau [Order] Dothideomycetidae P.M. Kirk, P.F. Cannon, J.C. David & Stalpers ex 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 Saccothecium biseptatum (Rostr.) Kirschst. Saccothecium corni Fr. & Mont. Saccothecium hercynicum Kirschst. Saccothecium myrtillinum (Sacc. & Fautrey) Kirschst. Saccothecium saepincola (Fr.) Fr. Saccothecium sepincola (Fr.) Fr. Saccothecium staritzianum Kirschst. Saccothecium taxicola (Peck) Kirschst. Saccothecium taxicolum (Peck) Kirschst. Saccothecium trifolii (Rostovzev) Kirschst. Saccothecium vineae (Fr.) Kirschst.
Cybertruffle Resources:		Cyberliber Cumulative Index Biological Records Database (5 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]