Name:		Microthecium Corda, (1842) page 30, 74 [basionym]
Accepted name:		Melanospora Corda
Status:		Genus
Taxonomic position:		Ceratostomataceae G. Winter [Family] 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:		Species Microthecium beatonii D. Hawksw. Microthecium ciliatum Udagawa & Takada Microthecium compressum Udagawa & Cain Microthecium ellipsosporum Takada Microthecium episphaerium (W. Phillips & Plowr.) Höhn. Microthecium fallax Preuss Microthecium foveolatum Udagawa & Y. Horie Microthecium geoporae (W. Oberm.) Höhn. Microthecium inordinatum Malloch & Cain Microthecium levitum Udagawa & Cain Microthecium perplexum D. Hawksw. Microthecium retisporum Udagawa & Cain Microthecium ryvardenianum Aramb. & Gamundí Microthecium ventosicola Mudd Microthecium zobelii Corda
Cybertruffle Resources:		Cyberliber Cumulative Index
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]