Name:		Metasphaeria Sacc., (1883) page 156 [basionym]
Accepted name:		Saccothecium Fr.
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 Metasphaeria abortiva F. Stevens Metasphaeria abuensis Panwar & S.J. Kaur Metasphaeria abundans Rehm Metasphaeria acanthopanacis Kirschst. Metasphaeria acerina Feltgen Metasphaeria acerum (Crié) Sacc. Metasphaeria acorella (Cooke) Berl. & Voglino Metasphaeria actaeae Petr. Metasphaeria acute-conoidea Feltgen Metasphaeria acuum (Cooke & Harkn.) Sacc. Metasphaeria adianthi Urries Metasphaeria adianti Urries Metasphaeria aeruginella (Nyl.) Vain. Metasphaeria aetoxici Speg. Metasphaeria aextoxici Speg. Metasphaeria affinis (P. Karst.) Sacc. Metasphaeria africana Saccas Metasphaeria agaves Rolland Metasphaeria agminalis (Lév.) Sacc. Metasphaeria alba Pass. Metasphaeria albescens Thüm. Metasphaeria algeriensis Sacc. & Berl. Metasphaeria aloës Trinchieri Metasphaeria ambigua Berl. & Bres. Metasphaeria ambrosiaecola G.F. Atk. Metasphaeria ambrosiaeicola Metasphaeria ampelogena Sacc. & Syd. Metasphaeria anarithma (Berk. & Broome) Sacc. Metasphaeria anarithmoides (Sacc. & Speg.) Sacc. Metasphaeria angelicae Rostr. Metasphaeria anisometra (Cooke & Harkn.) Sacc. Metasphaeria annae Oudem. Metasphaeria annulata Pat. Metasphaeria anthelmintica (Cooke) Dearn. Metasphaeria apiculata (Wallr.) Sacc. Metasphaeria apiosporioides Petr. Metasphaeria apiosporoides Petr. Metasphaeria aquatica Pat. Metasphaeria aquilegiae Bres. Metasphaeria aquinalis (Lév.) Sacc. Metasphaeria arabidis Johans. Metasphaeria araceae Henn. Metasphaeria araucariae Traverso Metasphaeria arenaria E. Bommer, M. Rousseau & Sacc. Metasphaeria artemisiae Pat. Metasphaeria arundinacea (Sowerby) Lar.N. Vassiljeva Metasphaeria arundinariae (Cooke) Sacc. Metasphaeria arundinicola Speg. Metasphaeria ashwelliana (Curr.) Sacc. Metasphaeria asparagi Tehon & G.L. Stout Metasphaeria asparagina Sacc. Metasphaeria aulica (Cooke & Ellis) Sacc. Metasphaeria aundhae Tilak & Talde Metasphaeria aundlti Tilak & Talde Metasphaeria australiensis Cribb & J.W. Cribb Metasphaeria avenae Sacc. Metasphaeria balanitis Tassi Metasphaeria bambusae Rolland Metasphaeria behnitziensis Kirschst. Metasphaeria bellynckii (Westend.) Sacc. Metasphaeria betulina (Hazsl.) Sacc. & Syd. Metasphaeria bifoveolata Speg. Metasphaeria biseptata Rostr. Metasphaeria bispora P. Larsen Metasphaeria bloxami Sacc. & Syd. Metasphaeria bloxamii Sacc. & P. Syd. Metasphaeria bocconeana Sacc. Metasphaeria boehmeriae (Rabenh.) Sacc. Metasphaeria bonamicana Sacc. Metasphaeria borealis Rostr. Metasphaeria brachiata (Kalchbr. & Cooke) Sacc. Metasphaeria brachypodii (Pass.) Sacc. Metasphaeria brachytheca (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Sacc. Metasphaeria bromigena R. Sprague Metasphaeria brunnea (Cooke) Sacc. Metasphaeria bucera (Cooke & Ellis) Sacc. Metasphaeria caffra (Thüm.) Berl. Metasphaeria calamina (Durieu & Mont.) Sacc. Metasphaeria caldcluviae Speg. Metasphaeria californica (Cooke & Harkn.) Berl. Metasphaeria callunae Fautrey Metasphaeria canadensis (De Not.) Sacc. Metasphaeria caninae Pass. Metasphaeria caraguata Speg. Metasphaeria cardamines Cruchet Metasphaeria carectorum (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Sacc. Metasphaeria caricae Pass. Metasphaeria caricis-muricatae Petr. Metasphaeria carveri Ellis & Everh. Metasphaeria casaresiana Gonz. Frag. Metasphaeria cassiopes Rostr. Metasphaeria cattanei Sacc. Metasphaeria cavanillesiana Alcalde Metasphaeria cavernosa (Ellis & Everh.) Sacc. Metasphaeria celastrina Syd. & E.J. Butler Metasphaeria cerasi (Schrad.) Vain. Metasphaeria cerastii Gucevic Metasphaeria ceratotheca (Cooke) Sacc. Metasphaeria cerletti Speg. Metasphaeria cerlettii (Speg.) Sacc. Metasphaeria cetraricola (Nyl.) Sacc. Metasphaeria cetrariicola (Nyl. ex Cooke) Sacc. Metasphaeria chaetosphaeria Petr. Metasphaeria chaetostoma (Sacc.) Sacc. Metasphaeria chamaeropis Pass. Metasphaeria chartarum Sacc. & Syd. Metasphaeria christophersenii Verona Metasphaeria cichorii Pass. Metasphaeria cinerea (Fuckel) Sacc. Metasphaeria cirsii Feltgen Metasphaeria cladii Cruchet Metasphaeria clavulata Pass. Metasphaeria clypeosphaerioides E. Bommer, M. Rousseau & Sacc. Metasphaeria clypeotecta Petr. Metasphaeria coccodes (P. Karst.) Sacc. Metasphaeria cocoës Speg. Metasphaeria cocogena (Cooke) Sacc. Metasphaeria coffaeiphila Speg. Metasphaeria coffeae Rehm Metasphaeria coffeicola Saccas Metasphaeria cognata Metasphaeria comari Henn. Metasphaeria complanata (Tode) Sacc. Metasphaeria conformis (Berk. & Broome) Sacc. Metasphaeria coniformis (Fuckel) Sacc. Metasphaeria conoidea Sacc. Metasphaeria conorum Feltgen Metasphaeria consociata Rehm Metasphaeria constricta Bres. Metasphaeria convolvuli Gonz. Frag. & Cif. Metasphaeria corniculata (Hoffm.) Sacc. & D. Sacc. Metasphaeria corruscans Rehm Metasphaeria corticola (Fuckel) Sacc. Metasphaeria coryli Celotti Metasphaeria corylina Ellis & Holw. Metasphaeria costesi Speg. Metasphaeria crassiuscula Sacc. & Briard Metasphaeria crataegi F. Lamb. & Fautrey Metasphaeria craterium (Mont.) Sacc. Metasphaeria crebra Sacc. Metasphaeria croceae (Bagl. & Carestia) Sacc. & D. Sacc. Metasphaeria cryptospila (Berk.) Sacc. Metasphaeria crystallocincta Starbäck Metasphaeria culmifida (P. Karst.) Sacc. Metasphaeria cumana (Sacc. & Speg.) Sacc. Metasphaeria cumanella Sacc. & Berl. Metasphaeria cynaracearum (Niessl) Sacc. Metasphaeria cyparissi Pass. Metasphaeria dahliae-maxonii J.F.H. Beyma Metasphaeria daphnes Bäumler Metasphaeria dasylirii Rolland Metasphaeria dealbata (Cooke) Berl. Metasphaeria dearnessii Bubák Metasphaeria debeauxii (Sacc. & Roum.) Sacc. Metasphaeria decolorella (Nyl.) Vain. Metasphaeria defodiens (Ellis) Sacc. Metasphaeria dendrocalamae Subhedar & V.G. Rao Metasphaeria dendrocalami Subhedar & V.G. Rao Metasphaeria depazeoides Rehm Metasphaeria depressa (Fuckel) Sacc. Metasphaeria depressula Sacc. & Roum. Metasphaeria desolationis Rehm Metasphaeria deviata Syd. Metasphaeria dianthi Rostr. Metasphaeria didymelloidea Petr. Metasphaeria discors (Sacc. & Ellis) Sacc. Metasphaeria dispar Penz. & Sacc. Metasphaeria dissiliens (Cooke & Ellis) Sacc. Metasphaeria distributa (Cooke & Ellis) Berl. Metasphaeria dolichotera (Nyl.) Sacc. & D. Sacc. Metasphaeria dulcamarae Massa Metasphaeria ebulina Petr. Metasphaeria eburnea (Niessl) Sacc. Metasphaeria empetri (Fr.) Sacc. Metasphaeria empetricola Rostr. Metasphaeria epidermidis Feltgen Metasphaeria epimediicola I. Hino & Katum. Metasphaeria epipteridea (Cooke & Harkn.) Sacc. Metasphaeria equiseti Jaap Metasphaeria ericina Tubeuf Metasphaeria eriobotryae Sousa da Câmara Metasphaeria errabunda Feltgen Metasphaeria excussa (Schwein.) Starbäck Metasphaeria feltgenii Moesz Metasphaeria ferulae Bacc. & P. Avetta Metasphaeria ferulina (Durieu & Mont.) Sacc. Metasphaeria fiedlaeri (Niessl) Sacc. Metasphaeria fiedleri (Niessl) Sacc. Metasphaeria filicicola Speg. Metasphaeria fontanesiae Pass. Metasphaeria forsythiae Pass. Metasphaeria foveolata Speg. Metasphaeria fraxinicola G.H. Otth Metasphaeria fructicicola Kirschst. Metasphaeria funkiae Bres. Metasphaeria fur-fur (Ehrenb.) Sacc. Metasphaeria fur (Ehrenb.) Sacc. Metasphaeria fusariispora (Mont.) Sacc. Metasphaeria fuscata Ellis & Everh. Metasphaeria galactis Henn. Metasphaeria galiorum (Roberge ex Desm.) Sacc. Metasphaeria gaurina Ellis & Everh. Metasphaeria gei Richon Metasphaeria gigantochloae Rehm Metasphaeria gigantospora (Rehm) Berl. Metasphaeria gillii Petr. Metasphaeria gloeospora (Berk. & Curr.) Lar.N. Vassiljeva Metasphaeria glycyrrhizae Sandu & Mítítíuc Metasphaeria gracilenta Syd. Metasphaeria graminis (Fuckel) Cooke Metasphaeria graminum (Sacc.) Sacc. Metasphaeria grandispora (Sacc.) Sacc. Metasphaeria grisea (Körb.) Vain. Metasphaeria hawaiiensis F. Stevens & P.A. Young Metasphaeria hederae (Sow.) Sacc. Metasphaeria hederaefolia (Cooke) Sacc. Metasphaeria helianthemi (Auersw.) Sacc. Metasphaeria helicicola (Desm.) Sacc. Metasphaeria heliconiae Gonz. Frag. & Cif. Metasphaeria helvetica Sacc. & Berl. Metasphaeria hibiscincola Rehm Metasphaeria humulina (Peck) Sacc. Metasphaeria hyalospora (Sacc.) Sacc. Metasphaeria hyperici (W. Phillips & Plowr.) Grove Metasphaeria idesiae Pass. Metasphaeria ilicis Ellis & Everh. Metasphaeria immunda (P. Karst.) Sacc. Metasphaeria incompleta Rehm Metasphaeria infuscans Ellis & Everh. Metasphaeria insueta Petr. Metasphaeria insularis Speg. Metasphaeria inulina (Durieu & Mont.) Sacc. Metasphaeria involucralis (Pass.) Sacc. Metasphaeria ipomoeae Ellis & Everh. Metasphaeria iridicola Sacc. Metasphaeria iridis (Desm.) Sacc. Metasphaeria islandica (Rostr.) P. Larsen Metasphaeria jaceae Feltgen Metasphaeria jaffueli Speg. Metasphaeria janiculi Pass. Metasphaeria jasmini Grove Metasphaeria javensis Höhn. Metasphaeria javorkae Moesz Metasphaeria jubaeae Henn. Metasphaeria juglandis (A. Massal.) Vain. Metasphaeria junci (Oudem.) Sacc. Metasphaeria juncina Feltgen Metasphaeria juncinella Mouton Metasphaeria kali (Fabre) Sacc. Metasphaeria kerriae Syd. & Hara Metasphaeria kirulisiana Kirschst. Metasphaeria koerberi (Stein) J. Schröt. Metasphaeria lacustris (Fuckel) Sacc. Metasphaeria lasiacidis Bat. & Nascim. Metasphaeria lathonia Anonym. Metasphaeria lathyri (Sacc.) Sacc. Metasphaeria lauretana Curzi & Barbaini Metasphaeria leersiae (Pass.) Sacc. Metasphaeria leguminosa Fairm. Metasphaeria leiostega (Ellis) Sacc. Metasphaeria lejostega (Ellis) Sacc. Metasphaeria lentiformis Feltgen Metasphaeria leonensis Petr. Metasphaeria lepidiotae (Anzi) Sacc. Metasphaeria lepidospermatis McAlpine Metasphaeria leptogiophila (Minks) Berl. & Voglino Metasphaeria lichenicola (Zopf) Vouaux Metasphaeria lichenis-sordidi (Mass.) Sacc. Metasphaeria lieuryana Malbr. & Le Bret. Metasphaeria lindsayana (Curr.) Sacc. Metasphaeria lineolata Fautrey & Roum. Metasphaeria liriodendri Pass. Metasphaeria lolii Pass. Metasphaeria longispora Kirschst. Metasphaeria lonicerae Fautrey Metasphaeria luteola Alcalde Metasphaeria luzulae (G. Winter) Berl. Metasphaeria lycopodii (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Sacc. Metasphaeria lycopodina Petr. Metasphaeria lyndonvillae Fairm. Metasphaeria maclurae (Ellis & Everh.) Sacc. Metasphaeria macounii Dearn. Metasphaeria macrospora Speg. Metasphaeria macrotheca Rostr. Metasphaeria maculans Rehm Metasphaeria magellanica Speg. Metasphaeria magnoliae (J.V. Almeida & Sousa da Câmara) Sacc. Metasphaeria mahabaleshwarensis Talde Metasphaeria marchaliana Sacc. Metasphaeria marianthi Tassi Metasphaeria marina (Ellis & Everh.) Berl. Metasphaeria massarina Sacc. Metasphaeria mate Speg. Metasphaeria mauginii E. Castell. Metasphaeria mauritana Rieuf Metasphaeria maximiliani Ellis & Everh. Metasphaeria maydis (Henn.) Höhn. Metasphaeria medicaginis Karimov Metasphaeria melitensis Sacc. Metasphaeria metuloidea (Kalchbr. & Cooke) Sacc. Metasphaeria mezerei Feltgen Metasphaeria microëcia Ellis & Everh. Metasphaeria minor J. Schröt. Metasphaeria miscanthi Sawada Metasphaeria moelleriana (Niessl) Berl. & Voglino Metasphaeria moliniae Mouton Metasphaeria molleriana (Niessl) Berl. & Voglino Metasphaeria mosana Mouton Metasphaeria mueggenburgi Sacc. Metasphaeria musae Sawada Metasphaeria myricae Peck Metasphaeria neglecta (Niessl) Sacc. Metasphaeria neodes (Berk. & Broome) Petr. Metasphaeria nephromiaria (Linds.) Sacc. & Trotter Metasphaeria nervisequa (G. Winter) Berl. & Voglino Metasphaeria nicolai (Bubák) Sacc. & D. Sacc. Metasphaeria nigrescens (Bonord.) Sacc. & Traverso Metasphaeria nigromaculans Earle Metasphaeria nigrotecta Rehm Metasphaeria nigrotingens Mouton Metasphaeria nigrovelata Feltgen Metasphaeria nobilis (Sacc.) Sacc. Metasphaeria nuda Peck Metasphaeria obtusata (Schwein.) Cooke Metasphaeria occulta Syd. Metasphaeria ocellata (Niessl) Sacc. Metasphaeria opulastri Clem. Metasphaeria origani Mouton Metasphaeria orthospora Sacc. Metasphaeria oryzae-sativae Hara Metasphaeria oryzae (Catt.) Sacc. Metasphaeria oxyspora Feltgen Metasphaeria pachyasca (Niessl) Sacc. Metasphaeria palmetta (Cooke) Sacc. Metasphaeria palmicola Pat. Metasphaeria palustris (Mouton) Sacc. Metasphaeria pamparum Speg. Metasphaeria pampinea (Pass.) Sacc. Metasphaeria panicum (Cooke) Sacc. Metasphaeria papulata (Mouton) Sacc. Metasphaeria papulosa (Durieu & Mont.) Sacc. Metasphaeria paracaryi Tilak & Srinivasulu Metasphaeria patellariformis Kirschst. Metasphaeria paulistana Speg. Metasphaeria peckii (Speg.) Sacc. Metasphaeria periclymeni Feltgen Metasphaeria peridermii Pass. Metasphaeria persistens (Berk. & Broome) Sacc. Metasphaeria peruviana (Cooke) Sacc. Metasphaeria petasitidis Feltgen Metasphaeria petraeae Pat. Metasphaeria petrakii Bat. & Cif. Metasphaeria phalaridis Feltgen Metasphaeria phyllachoracearum Petr. Metasphaeria pini Cruchet Metasphaeria pinnarum (Pass.) Sacc. Metasphaeria piptatheri Pat. Metasphaeria piricola Sacc. Metasphaeria plagarum (Cooke & Harkn.) Berl. & Voglino Metasphaeria platyspora Pass. Metasphaeria plegmariae (Ces.) Sacc. Metasphaeria pluriseptata (Nyl.) Sacc. & D. Sacc. Metasphaeria poae (Niessl) Sacc. Metasphaeria polygonati Sacc. & Fautrey Metasphaeria polymorpha Kirschst. Metasphaeria polysticha Feltgen Metasphaeria polystichi Feltgen Metasphaeria primulicola Pat. Metasphaeria profuga (Ehrenb.) Sacc. Metasphaeria pseudacaciae J. Schröt. Metasphaeria pseudostromatica Rehm Metasphaeria psorae (Anzi) Sacc. Metasphaeria puccinioides (Speg.) Sacc. Metasphaeria punctulata Ellis & Everh. Metasphaeria pusilla Cooke Metasphaeria puyae Speg. Metasphaeria quercina Ellis & Everh. Metasphaeria querna Dearn. & Bisby Metasphaeria rachidis (Pass.) Sacc. Metasphaeria raimundoi Rehm Metasphaeria recutita (Fr.) Sacc. Metasphaeria rehesii Sacc. Metasphaeria rhyponta (Ach.) Vain. Metasphaeria richeae Petr. Metasphaeria rimularum (Cooke) Sacc. Metasphaeria robergia Schulzer & Sacc. Metasphaeria rothomagensis Roum. Metasphaeria roumeguerei (Sacc.) Sacc. Metasphaeria roumegueri (Sacc.) Sacc. Metasphaeria rubella (Sacc. & Malbr.) Sacc. Metasphaeria rubicila Metasphaeria rubicola Ellis & Everh. Metasphaeria rubida Ellis & Everh. Metasphaeria rubida Bloxam ex Cooke Metasphaeria rupicola (Sacc.) Sacc. Metasphaeria rustica (P. Karst.) Sacc. Metasphaeria ryukyuensis I. Hino & Katum. Metasphaeria sabalensis (Cooke) Cooke Metasphaeria sabuletorum (Berk. & Broome) Sacc. Metasphaeria sacchari (Henn.) Höhn. Metasphaeria saccharicola Speg. Metasphaeria sacculus (Pass. & Beltr.) Sacc. Metasphaeria saepincola (Fr.) Sacc. Metasphaeria sambuci Pass. Metasphaeria sambucina Feltgen Metasphaeria sanguinea Ellis & Everh. Metasphaeria saprophila (Rehm) Sacc. Metasphaeria sarmenticola Pass. Metasphaeria sassafrasicola Tehon & G.L. Stout Metasphaeria scalaris (Durieu & Mouton) Sacc. Metasphaeria schizostachyi Rehm Metasphaeria scindapsi Racib. Metasphaeria scirpi Berl. Metasphaeria scirpina (G. Winter) Sacc. Metasphaeria scotophila (Durieu & Mont.) Sacc. Metasphaeria semen (Cooke & Peck) Sacc. Metasphaeria senecionis (Fuckel) Sacc. Metasphaeria sepalorum Vleugel Metasphaeria sepincola Berl., non (Fr.) Sacc. Metasphaeria sepulta Pass. Metasphaeria seriata Ellis & Everh. Metasphaeria silenes Kirschst. Metasphaeria silphii Ellis & Everh. Metasphaeria silvatica Kirschst. Metasphaeria silvularum Petr. Metasphaeria slavonica Schulzer & Sacc. Metasphaeria socia (Sacc.) Sacc. Metasphaeria sorghi Saccas Metasphaeria sparganii Fautrey Metasphaeria spartii Brunaud Metasphaeria spatharum (Ces.) Sacc. Metasphaeria spegazzinii Sacc. & Trotter Metasphaeria sphaerelloides Pass. Metasphaeria sphenispora Ellis & Everh. Metasphaeria spurca Pass. Metasphaeria squamata (Cooke & Ellis) Sacc. Metasphaeria stagnicola Kirschst. Metasphaeria staphyleae Dearn. & House Metasphaeria staphylina (Peck) Sacc. Metasphaeria starbaeckii Vestergr. Metasphaeria staritzii Rehm Metasphaeria steinii (Körb.) J. Schröt. Metasphaeria stenospora Kirschst. Metasphaeria stenotheca (Ellis & Everh.) Ellis & Everh. Metasphaeria stereocaulorum (Arnold) Sacc. Metasphaeria stictostoma (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Berl. Metasphaeria stromaticola Maubl. Metasphaeria stypheliae Hansf. Metasphaeria subcerasi Vain. Metasphaeria subcutanea (Cooke & Ellis) Sacc. Metasphaeria sublanosa (Cooke) Sacc. Metasphaeria subseriata Ellis & Everh. Metasphaeria subsimilis Schulzer & Sacc. Metasphaeria superveniens (Nyl.) Sacc. & D. Sacc. Metasphaeria taiwanensis J.M. Yen Metasphaeria tami Cruchet Metasphaeria taminensis (H. Wegelin) Sacc. & Syd. Metasphaeria tartarina (Nyl.) Keissl. Metasphaeria taxi Oudem. Metasphaeria taxicola (Peck) Peck Metasphaeria tetrasperma Koord. Metasphaeria tetraspora Delacr. Metasphaeria thalictri (G. Winter) Sacc. Metasphaeria theobromae Sousa da Câmara Metasphaeria thwaitesii (Berk. & Broome) Sacc. Metasphaeria tijucacensis Rehm Metasphaeria tinctoria Pass. Metasphaeria torulispora Berl. Metasphaeria trichostoma (Pass.) Sacc. Metasphaeria tritorulosa (Berk. & Broome) Sacc. Metasphaeria trollii P. Karst. Metasphaeria tuberculosa I. Hino & Katum. Metasphaeria typhoidis Petr. Metasphaeria ulicis Feltgen Metasphaeria urostigmatis Speg. Metasphaeria urostigymatis Speg. Metasphaeria usteri Speg. Metasphaeria vagans Feltgen Metasphaeria valdiviensis Speg. Metasphaeria varia Dearn. & House Metasphaeria vincae (Fr.) Sacc. Metasphaeria viridarii Sacc. Metasphaeria viticola Speg. Metasphaeria vulgaris Feltgen Metasphaeria washingtoniae Earle Metasphaeria wheeleri Linder Metasphaeria xerophila Sacc. & Malbr. Metasphaeria xerophylli (Ellis) Sacc. Metasphaeria yuccae Earle Metasphaeria zeae Pass. Metasphaeria zobeliana Staritz Metasphaeria zollerniae Rehm
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