Byssothecium Explained

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.^[1] But more species were added and it was later placed in the Massarinaceae family

Species

As accepted by Species Fungorum;^[2]

• Byssothecium cholla
• Byssothecium circinans
• Byssothecium dichroum
• Byssothecium flumineum

Former species;^[2]

• B. alpestre = Trematosphaeria alpestris, Trematosphaeriaceae
• B. heterosporum = Leptosphaeria heterospora, Leptosphaeriaceae
• B. incarceratum = Passeriniella incarcerata, Massarinaceae
• B. obiones = Halobyssothecium obiones, Lentitheciaceae

Notes and References

1. Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. . December 2007 . Outline of Ascomycota  - 2007 . Myconet . 13 . 1 - 58 . The Field Museum, Department of Botany . Chicago, USA . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090318003134/http://www.fieldmuseum.org/myconet/outline.asp . 2009-03-18 .
2. Web site: Species Fungorum - Search Page - Byssothecium . www.speciesfungorum.org . 31 July 2023.