Byssothecium

Byssothecium is a genus of fungi in the family Massarinaceae.

Byssothecium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Ascomycota
Class:
Dothideomycetes
Subclass:
Pleosporomycetidae
Order:
Pleosporales
Family:
Massarinaceae
Genus:
Byssothecium

Fuckel
Type species
Byssothecium circinans
Fuckel

This was a monotypic genus, containing the single species Byssothecium circinans and in the family Teichosporaceae.[1] But more species were added and it was later placed in the Massarinaceae family

Species

As accepted by Species Fungorum;[2]

  • Byssothecium cholla M.E. Barr (2002)
  • Byssothecium circinans Fuckel (1861)
  • Byssothecium dichroum (Pass.) Kirschst. (1936)
  • Byssothecium flumineum J.L. Crane, Shearer & Huhndorf (1992)

Former species;[2]

  • B. alpestre (Tóth) Boise (1989) = Trematosphaeria alpestris, Trematosphaeriaceae
  • B. heterosporum (De Not.) Niessl (1879) = Leptosphaeria heterospora, Leptosphaeriaceae
  • B. incarceratum (Sacc.) Kirschst. (1936) = Passeriniella incarcerata, Massarinaceae
  • B. obiones (P. Crouan & H. Crouan) M.E. Barr (2002) = Halobyssothecium obiones, Lentitheciaceae

References
  1. Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany. 13: 1–58. Archived from the original on 2009-03-18.
  2. "Species Fungorum - Search Page - Byssothecium". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 31 July 2023.


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