Name:		Sarcosphaera Auersw., (1869) page 82 [basionym]
Synonym(s):		Caulocarpa Gilkey (1947)
Status:		Genus
Taxonomic position:		Pezizaceae Dumort. [Family] Pezizales J. Schröt. [Order] Pezizomycetidae Locq. [Subclass] Pezizomycetes 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 Sarcosphaera ammophila (Durieu & Mont.) Moesz Sarcosphaera amplissima (Fr.) Kanouse Sarcosphaera arenicola (Lév.) Lindau Sarcosphaera coronaria (Jacq.) J. Schröt. Sarcosphaera crassa (Santi) Pouzar Sarcosphaera dargelasii (Gachet) Nannf. Sarcosphaera eximia (Durieu & Lév.) Maire Sarcosphaera funerata (Cooke) Seaver Sarcosphaera gigantea (Rehm) Kanouse Sarcosphaera macrocalyx (Riess) Fuckel Sarcosphaera sepulchralis (Rebent.) Rick Sarcosphaera ulbrichiana (Durieu & Mont.) Kirschst.
Cybertruffle Resources:		Cyberliber Cumulative Index Biological Records Database (2 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]