AnimaliaMelanosporalesCeratostomataceaeMarin-FelixYasminaGuarroJosepano-LiraJosé F.GarcíaDaniaillerAndrew N.StchigelAlberto M.Melanospora (Sordariomycetes, Ascomycota) and its relativesMycoKeys181220182018448112210.3897/mycokeys.44.29742 Microthecium episphaerium (W. Phillips & Plowr.) Höhn., Sber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-naturw. Kl., Abt. 1 123: 98. 1914. Melanospora episphaeria W. Phillips & Plowr., Grevillea 10: 71. 1881. [Basionym] ≡ Sphaerodermaepisphaerium (W. Phillips & Plowr.) Sacc., Syll. fung. (Abellini) 2: 460. 1883. ≡ Sphaerodesepisphaerium (W. Phillips & Plowr.) Clem. [as ‘episphaericum’], Gen. fung. (Minneapolis): 1‒227. 1909. ≡ Vittadinulaepisphaeria (W. Phillips & Plowr.) Clem. & Shear, Gen. fung., Edn 2 (Minneapolis): 281. 1931. = Sphaerodermaepimyces Höhn., Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften Math.-naturw. Klasse Abt. I 116: 103. 1907. ≡ Melanosporaepimyces (Höhn.) Doguet, Botaniste 39: 125. 1955. Notes.

Microtheciumepisphaerium shows non-ostiolate ascomata and very coarsely reticulate, citriform ascospores. For morphological comparison see Notes of Mi.beatonii.