Tympanopsis Starbäck, Bih. K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl., Afd. 3 19(no. 2): 24 (1894)

MycoBank number: MB 5651; Index Fungorum number: IF 5651; Facesoffungi number: FoF 13563; 5 morphological species (Species Fungorum 2020), 1 species with sequence data.

Type species – Tympanopsis euomphala (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Starbäck

Notes – Tympanopsis euomphala is characterised by pyriform asci with ellipsoid ascospores and was considered as a member of Coronophoraceae (Starbäck 1894, Nannfeldt 1975, von Arx 1981a). It was considered as a member of Scortechiniaceae based on multi-gene analysis by Mugambi & Huhndorf (2010).

Species

  • Tympanopsis euomphala