Leptosphaeria

Leptosphaeria
Leptosphaeria acuta
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Dothideomycetes
Order: Pleosporales
Family: Leptosphaeriaceae
Genus: Leptosphaeria
Ces. & De Not. (1863)
Type species
Leptosphaeria doliolum
(Pers.) Ces. & De Not. 1863
Species

see text

Synonyms
  • Bilimbiospora Auersw. 1861
  • Myriocarpium Bonord. 1864
  • Ampullina Quél. 1875
  • Ocellularia sect. Phyllophthalmaria Müll. Arg. 1883
  • Scoleciasis Roum. & Fautrey 1889
  • Scleroderris subgen. Phaeoderris Sacc. 1889
  • Macrobasis Starbäck 1893
  • Baumiella Henn. 1903
  • Dothideopsella Höhn. 1915
  • Sclerodothis Höhn. 1918
  • Leptosporopsis Höhn. 1920
  • Exilispora Tehon & E.Y.Daniels 1927
  • Dendroleptosphaeria Sousa da Câmara 1932
  • Humboldtina Chardón & Toro 1934

Leptosphaeria is a genus of fungi in the family Phaeosphaeriaceae.

The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution worldwide.