Name:		Ceratostomataceae G. Winter, Rabenhorst’s Kryptogamen-Flora 1 (2) (1885) page 247 [basionym]
Synonym(s):		Melanosporaceae E.A. Bessey (1950)
Status:		Family
Taxonomic position:		Melanosporales M. Zhang & M. Blackw. [Order] Hypocreomycetidae O.E. Erikss. & Winka [Subclass] Sordariomycetes O.E. Erikss. & Winka [Class] Pezizomycotina O.E. Erikss. & Winka [Subdivision / Subphylum] Ascomycota Caval.-Sm. [Division / Phylum] Fungi R.T. Moore [Kingdom]
Constituent taxa:		Subfamilies / Genera Ampullaria A.L. Sm. Arxiomyces P.F. Cannon & D. Hawksw. Auerswaldia Rabenh. Cerastoma Quél. Ceratostoma Sacc. Ceratostoma Fr. Chlorospora Speg. Desmotrichum Lév. Eidamia Lindau Erostrotheca G.H. Martin & Charles Gibsonia Massee Glomerularia H. Karst. Gonatobotrys Corda Guttularia W. Oberm. Harzia Costantin Lithomyces Viala & Marsais Megathecium Link Melanospora Corda Melanosporopsis Naumov Microthecium Corda Nigrosphaeria N.L. Gardner Persiciospora P.F. Cannon & D. Hawksw. Phaeostoma Arx & E. Müll. Phenacopodium Debey Prachtflorella Matr. Proteophiala Cif. Pteridiosperma J.C. Krug & Jeng Pustulipora P.F. Cannon Rhynchomelas Clem. Rhytidospora Jeng & Cain Sphaeroderma Fuckel Sphaerodes Clem. Sphaeronemopsis Speg. Syspastospora P.F. Cannon & D. Hawksw. Vittadinula (Sacc.) Clem. & Shear Vittatispora P. Chaudhary, J. Campb., D. Hawksw. & K.N. Sastry
Cybertruffle Resources:		Cyberliber Cumulative Index
Links:		Fungal Databases [Systematic Botany and Mycology, USDA] Genbank Google images IMI [CABI Fungus Dried Reference Collection] Landcare [New Zealand] New York Botanic Garden [Virtual Fungus Dried Reference Collection]