Sphaerellothecium

Sphaerellothecium is a genus of fungi in the family Phyllachoraceae.^[1] All of the species in the genus are lichenicolous, meaning they grow parasitically on lichens.^[2]

Sphaerellothecium
This undescribed species of Sphaerellothecium is very common on Acarospora rosulata in Nevada.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Sordariomycetes
Order:	Phyllachorales
Family:	Phyllachoraceae
Genus:	Sphaerellothecium Zopf (1897)
Type species
Sphaerellothecium araneosum (Rehm ex Arnold) Zopf (1897)

Species

• Sphaerellothecium abditum Triebel (1989)
• Sphaerellothecium aculeatae Khodos., Gavrylenko & Klymenko (2016)^[3] – Ukraine
• Sphaerellothecium aipoliae (Vouaux) Nav.-Ros. & Cl.Roux (2017)
• Sphaerellothecium araneosum (Rehm ex Arnold) Zopf (1897)
• Sphaerellothecium arctoparmeliae (Brackel & Schiefelb.) Diederich, Zhurb. & Brackel (2021)
• Sphaerellothecium arnoldii (A.Massal.) Hafellner (2019)
• Sphaerellothecium atryneae (Arnold) Cl.Roux & Triebel (1994)
• Sphaerellothecium breussii K.Knudsen, Kocourk. & Etayo (2009)
• Sphaerellothecium buelliae (C.W.Dodge) D.Hawksw. & Iturr. (2006)
• Sphaerellothecium cinerascens Etayo & Diederich (1998)
• Sphaerellothecium cladoniae (Alstrup & Zhurb.) Hafellner (2005)
• Sphaerellothecium cladoniicola E.S.Hansen & Alstrup (1995)
• Sphaerellothecium coniodes (Nyl.) Cl.Roux & Diederich (1994)
• Sphaerellothecium contextum Triebel (1989)
• Sphaerellothecium epilecanora Zhurb. (2013)
• Sphaerellothecium episoralium Etayo (2017)
• Sphaerellothecium episquamarinae Etayo (2008)
• Sphaerellothecium gallowayi Diederich (2007)^[4]
• Sphaerellothecium giraltiae van den Boom (2010)
• Sphaerellothecium gowardii Alstrup & M.S.Cole (1998)
• Sphaerellothecium heterodermiae van den Boom (2016)^[5] – Portugal
• Sphaerellothecium icmadophilae (R.Sant.) Zhurb. (2008)
• Sphaerellothecium leratianum Gardiennet & Cl.Roux (2013)
• Sphaerellothecium minutum Hafellner (1993)^[6] – Norway
• Sphaerellothecium pannariacearum Etayo (2008)
• Sphaerellothecium parietinarium (Linds.) Hafellner & Volk.John (2006)
• Sphaerellothecium parmeliae Diederich & Etayo (1998)
• Sphaerellothecium parmotrematis van den Boom (2016)^[5] – Portugal
• Sphaerellothecium phaeorrhizae Diederich & Zhurb. (2009)
• Sphaerellothecium propinquellum (Nyl.) Cl.Roux & Triebel (1994)
• Sphaerellothecium reticulatum (Zopf) Etayo (2008)
• Sphaerellothecium siphulae Zhurb. (2015)^[7] – Arctic
• Sphaerellothecium soechtingii Zhurb. & Alstrup (2007)^[8]
• Sphaerellothecium stereocaulorum Zhurb. & Triebel (2008)
• Sphaerellothecium subtile Triebel & Rambold (1991)
• Sphaerellothecium taimyricum (Zhurb.) Zhurb. (2019)
• Sphaerellothecium thamnoliae Zhurb. (2012)
• Sphaerellothecium usneicola Etayo (2017)