Myrothecium Tode, Fung. mecklenb. sel. (Lüneburg) 1: 25 (1790)

MycoBank number: MB 9049; Index Fungorum number: IF 9049; Facesoffungi number: FoF 05560; 35 morphological species (Species Fungorum 2020), 11 species with sequence data.

Type species – Myrothecium inundatum Tode

Notes – Lombard et al. (2016) narrowed the concept of Myrothecium to include only species with conidia that are less than 5 μm long, borne in olivaceous to dark green slimy masses surrounded by a setose fringe; only two species are accepted.

Species