title: Sphaerodes (fungus)
text: # Sphaerodes (fungus)
  
  Sphaerodes is a genus of fungi within the Coronophorales order but it has not been placed within a family.
  
  ## Species
  
  As accepted by Species Fungorum;
  
  * Sphaerodes beatonii (D. Hawksw.) P.F. Cannon & D. Hawksw. (1982)
  * Sphaerodes compressa (Udagawa & Cain) P.F. Cannon & D. Hawksw. (1982)
  * Sphaerodes episphaerium (W. Phillips & Plowr.) Clem. (1909)
  * Sphaerodes manginii (Vincens) Arx (1981)
  * Sphaerodes ornata (Zukal) Arx (1981)
  * Sphaerodes perplexa (D. Hawksw.) P.F. Cannon & D. Hawksw. (1982)
  * Sphaerodes retispora (Udagawa & Cain) P.F. Cannon & D. Hawksw. (1982)
  
  Former species;
  
  * S. ellipsospora (Takada) Dania García, Stchigel & Guarro (2004) = Dactylidispora ellipsospora, Melanosporales
  * S. fimicola (E.C. Hansen) P.F. Cannon & D. Hawksw. (1982) = Microthecium fimicola, Ceratostomataceae
  * S. inferior (Udagawa & Cain) D.W. Li & N.P. Schult. (2017) = Microthecium inferius, Ceratostomataceae
  * S. levita (Udagawa & Cain) Dania García, Stchigel & Guarro (2004) = Microthecium levitum, Ceratostomataceae
  * S. micropertusa Y. Horie, Udagawa & P.F. Cannon (1986) = Microthecium micropertusum, Ceratostomataceae
  * S. moreaui Doguet ex Arx (1981) = Microthecium moreaui, Ceratostomataceae
  * S. mycoparasitica Vujan. (2009) = Melanospora mycoparasitica, Ceratostomataceae
  * S. quadrangularis Dania García, Stchigel & Guarro (2004) = Microthecium quadrangulare, Ceratostomataceae
  * S. retispora var. inferior (Udagawa & Cain) P.F. Cannon & D. Hawksw. (1982) = Microthecium inferius, Ceratostomataceae
  * S. singaporensis (Morinaga, Minoura & Udagawa) Dania García, Stchigel & Guarro (2004) = Dactylidispora singaporensis, Melanosporales
  * S. tenuissima Dania García, Stchigel & Guarro (2004) = Microthecium tenuissimum, Ceratostomataceae
  