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Byssothecium is a genus of fungi in the family Massarinaceae.

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

Species

As accepted by Species Fungorum;

• 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;

• 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. 13. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany: 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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