Name:		Sphaeroderma Fuckel, Jahrbücher des Nassauischen Vereins für Naturkunde 23-24 (1875) page 22 [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 Sphaeroderma aculeatum (E.C. Hansen) Sacc. Sphaeroderma affine Sacc. & Flageolet Sphaeroderma anthostomoides Rehm Sphaeroderma argentinense Speg. Sphaeroderma belladonnae Tassi Sphaeroderma bulbilliferum Berl. Sphaeroderma cameroense Rehm Sphaeroderma damnosum Sacc. Sphaeroderma epimyces Höhn. Sphaeroderma episphaerium (W. Phillips & Plowr.) Sacc. Sphaeroderma fimbriatum Rostr. Sphaeroderma fimicola (E.C. Hansen) Sacc. Sphaeroderma fusisporum Petch Sphaeroderma gigantea Massee & Crossl. Sphaeroderma gossypii Av.-Saccá Sphaeroderma helleri (Earle) Sacc. & D. Sacc. Sphaeroderma hulseboschii Oudem. Sphaeroderma hypomyces Höhn. Sphaeroderma marchicum (J. Lindau) Sacc. & P. Syd. Sphaeroderma microsporum Höhn. Sphaeroderma nectrioides Marchal Sphaeroderma rickianum Rehm Sphaeroderma sepultariae Wheldon Sphaeroderma texanicum Rehm Sphaeroderma theleboloides Fuckel Sphaeroderma wentii (Koord.) Sacc. & Trotter
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]