Lophiotrema Sacc., Michelia 1 (no. 3): 338. (1878).

MycoBank number: MB 2934; Index Fungorum number: IF 2934; Facesoffungi number: FoF 08285; 38 morphological species (Species Fungorum 2020), 8 species with molecular data.

Type speciesLophiotrema nucula (Fr.) Sacc., Michelia 1 (no. 3): 338. (1878).

Sphaeria nucula Fr., K. svenska Vetensk-Akad. Handl., ser. 3 38: 266 (1817).

NotesLophiotrema was initially placed under Lophiostomataceae. Later it was transferred to Lophiotremataceae by Hirayama & Tanaka (2011). This genus has ascomata with a slit-like ostiole and uniform thickness of peridium, asci with a short stipe and pycnidial asexual morphs (Tanaka & Harada 2003).

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