Leptomelanconium Petr., Annls mycol. 21(3/4): 179 (1923).

MycoBank number: MB 8750; Index Fungorum number: IF 8750; Facesoffungi number: FoF 07016; 7 morphological species (Species Fungorum 2020), 1 species with molecular data.

Type species – Leptomelanconium asperulum (Moesz) Petr., in Sydow, Annls mycol. 21(3/4): 179 (1923).

≡ Melanconium asperulum Moesz, Bot. Közl. 14(5-6): 157 (1915).

Notes – Crous et al. (2009e) transferred Leptomelanconium australiense to Teratosphaeria based on DNA sequence analyses. Wijayawardene et al. (2017a, 2018) tentatively placed the genus in Teratosphaeriaceae. See description and illustration in Wijayawardene et al. (2016a).

Species

  • Leptomelanconium asperulum