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Botryosphaeriales

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The order was originally defined in 2006 to have only one family, Botryosphaeriaceae, but new taxonomic studies have added at least seven other families. It was then reduced to just seven families in 2020.

Families

As accepted by Wijayawardene et al. 2020;

  • Aplosporellaceae (with genera Alanomyces and Aplosporella)
  • Botryosphaeriaceae
  • Endomelanconiopsidaceae
  • Melanopsaceae (only holds Melanops)
  • Phyllostictaceae (with genera Phyllosticta and Pseudofusicoccum)
  • Planistromellaceae (with genera Kellermania and Umthunziomyces)
  • Saccharataceae (with genera Pileospora, Saccharata and Septorioides)

Genera incertae sedis

A 2022 review and summary of fungal classification by Wijayawardene and colleagues placed the following genera as incertae sedis within Botryosphaeriales.

  • Auerswaldiella Theiss. & Syd. (7 sp.)
  • Coccostromella Petr. (1 sp.)
  • Gibberidea (Fr.) Rabenh. (ca. 11 sp.)
  • Mycosphaerellopsis Höhn. (2 sp.)
  • Leptoguignardia E. Müll. (1 sp.)
  • Metameris Theiss. & Syd. (5 sp.)
  • Phyllachorella Syd. (8 sp.)
  • Pilgeriella Henn. (2 sp.)
  • Sivanesania W.H. Hsieh & Chi Y. Chen (1 sp.)
  • Vestergrenia Rehm (3 sp.)

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