Cryptosphaeria Ces. & De Not., Comm. Soc. crittog. Ital. 1(4): 231 (1863)
MycoBank number: MB 26092; Index Fungorum number: IF 26092; Facesoffungi number: FoF 13136; 16 morphological species (Species Fungorum 2020), 5 species with sequence data.
Type species – Cryptosphaeria millepunctata Grev.
Notes – Cryptosphaeria has been widely accepted in Diatrypaceae (Nitschke 1867, 1870, Clement & Shear 1931, Rappaz 1989, Trouillas et al. 2010b, 2015). The genus comprises corticolous species and is characterised by widely effuse and poorly developed stromata, often covered by a periderm, which is penetrated only by the separately emerging ostioles, generally 8- spored, spindle-shaped, long pedicellate asci and sub-olivaceous to brown ascospores (Glawe 1984, Rappaz 1987).
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