Lentitheciaceae

The Lentitheciaceae are a family of fungi in the order of Pleosporales. They are found world-wide (within China, Egypt, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Russia, Saudi, Thailand, UK and Uzbekistan, ) with the greatest contributions found in Europe and Australia.

In a phylogenetic study of Lophiostoma and Massarina species, Lentithecium was proposed in 2009 based on Lophiostoma fluvitale now called Lentithecium fluviatile (Aptroot & Van Ryck.) K.D.Hyde, J.Fourn. & Ying Zhang. Lentitheciaceae is a well supported clade.

Lentitheciaceous taxa are saprobic (living on dead tissue) on herbaceous and woody plants having narrow peridia, fusiform to broadly cylindrical pseudoparaphyses (sterile, thread-like filaments), hyaline (glassy appearance) ascospores with 1–3-transverse septa and containing refractive globules, surrounded by a mucilaginous sheath or extended appendage-like sheaths and asexual morphs producing stagonospora-like or dendrophoma-like asexual morphs. They are found in terrestrial or aquatic habitats.

Taxonomy
Genera accepted by the GBIF include:


 * Aquilomyces D.G.Knapp, Kovács, J.Z.Groenew. & Crous, 2015 (5)
 * Coenosphaeria
 * Darksidea D.G.Knapp, Kovács, J.Z.Groenew. & Crous, 2015 (17)
 * Flavomyces D.G.Knapp, Kovács, Groenewald & Crous, 2015 (2)
 * Halobyssothecium Dayarathne, E.B.G.Jones & K.D.Hyde, 2018 (2)
 * Katumotoa K.Tanaka & Y.Harada, 2005 (1)
 * Keissleriella Höhn., 1919 (54)
 * Lentithecium K.D.Hyde, J.Fourn. & Ying Zhang (6)
 * Murilentithecium Wanas., Camporesi, E.B.G.Jones & K.D.Hyde, 2014 (5)
 * Neoophiosphaerella Kaz.Tanaka & K.Hiray., 2015 (2)
 * Poaceascoma Phookamsak & K.D.Hyde, 2015 (7)
 * Setoseptoria Quaedvl., Verkley & Crous, 2013 (11)
 * Suttonomyces Wijayaw., Camporesi & K.D.Hyde, 2015 (3)
 * Tingoldiago K.Hirayama & K.Tanaka, 2010 (4)
 * Towyspora (1)
 * Zopfinula (1)

Figures in brackets are approx. how many species per genus.