Name:		Rhizosphaera L. Mangin & Har., (1907) page 56 [basionym]
Synonym(s):		Ectosticta Speg. (1912) Rhizophoma Petr. & Syd. (1927) Gelatosphaera Bat. & H. Maia (1959)
Status:		Genus, anamorph (coelomycete)
Taxonomic position:		Venturiaceae E. Müll. & Arx ex M.E. Barr [Family] Pleosporales Luttr. ex M.E. Barr [Order] Pleosporomycetidae 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 Rhizosphaera abietis L. Mangin & Har. Rhizosphaera kalkhoffii Bubák Rhizosphaera kobayashii (M. Morelet) M. Morelet Rhizosphaera macrospora Gourb. & M. Morelet Rhizosphaera media M. Morelet Rhizosphaera oudemansii Maubl. Rhizosphaera pini (Corda) Maubl. Rhizosphaera pseudotsugae Butin & Kehr Rhizosphaera radicata Naumov
Cybertruffle Resources:		Cyberliber Cumulative Index Biological Records Database (3 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]