title: Microascus
text: # Microascus
  
  Microascus is a genus of fungi in the family Microascaceae.
  
  ## History
  
  It was introduced by Luttrell (1951) to accommodate genus Microascus which was originally placed in family Ophiostomataceae (Nannfeldt 1932,) or Eurotiaceae in Eunotiales order, (Moreau and Moreau 1953; Emmons and Dodge 1931; Doguet 1957). Then Malloch (1970) validated the family and accepted genera, Kernia, Lophotrichus and Petriellidium in the family. It has 60 species in 2023.
  
  ## Species
  
  As accepted by Species Fungorum;
  
  * Microascus aculeatus B.D Sun, Y.G. Zhou & A.J. Chen (2020)
  * Microascus albonigrescens (Sopp) Curzi (1931)
  * Microascus alveolaris Sand.-Den., Gené & Guarro (2015)
  * Microascus anfractus Z.F. Zhang, F. Liu & L. Cai (2017)
  * Microascus appendiculatus Woudenb. & Samson (2017)
  * Microascus atrogriseus Woudenb. & Samson (2017)
  * Microascus boulangeri (Curzi) Lodha (1978)
  * Microascus brevicaulis S.P. Abbott (1998)
  * Microascus brunneosporus Sand.-Den., Gené & Guarro (2015)
  * Microascus campaniformis Sand.-Den., Cano & Deanna A. Sutton (2015)
  * Microascus chartarum (G. Sm.) Sand.-Den., Gené & Guarro (2015)
  * Microascus chinensis Jin Yu, Sand.-Den. & Gené (2016)
  * Microascus cinereus Curzi (1931)
  * Microascus cirrosus Curzi (1930)
  * Microascus cleistocarpus Woudenb., X.Wei Wang & Samson (2017)
  * Microascus collaris Z.F. Zhang & L. Cai (2020)
  * Microascus croci (J.F.H. Beyma) Sand.-Den., Gené & Guarro (2015)
  * Microascus decorticatus C. Ram (1972)
  * Microascus desmosporus (Lechmere) Curzi (1931)
  * Microascus doguetii C. Moreau (1953)
  * Microascus ennothomasiorum Brasch, Beck-Jendroschek, K. Voss, Iturrieta-Gonzalez & Gené (2018)
  * Microascus expansus Sand.-Den., Gené & Cano (2015)
  * Microascus fusisporus Woudenb. & Samson (2017)
  * Microascus globulosus Z.F. Zhang, F. Liu & L. Cai (2017)
  * Microascus gracilis (Samson) Sand.-Den., Gené & Guarro (2015)
  * Microascus hollandicus Woudenb. & Samson (2017)
  * Microascus hyalinus (Malloch & Cain) Sand.-Den., Gené & Guarro (2015)
  * Microascus inopinatus Udagawa & Furuya (1978)
  * Microascus intricatus Sand.-Den., Stchigel & Deanna A. Sutton (2015)
  * Microascus levis Z.F. Zhang & L. Cai (2020)
  * Microascus longicollis Hubka, Lysková, Cmokova & M. Kolařík (2016)
  * Microascus longirostris Zukal (1886)
  * Microascus lunasporus P.M. Jones (1936)
  * Microascus macrosporus (G.F. Orr) Sand.-Den., Gené & Guarro (2015)
  * Microascus manginii (Loubière) Curzi (1931)
  * Microascus melanosporus (Udagawa) Woudenb. & Samson (2017)
  * Microascus microcordiformis Matsush. (1996)
  * Microascus micronesiensis Woudenb., Seifert & Samson (2017)
  * Microascus murinus (Samson & Klopotek) Sand.-Den., Gené & Guarro (2015)
  * Microascus niger (Sopp) Curzi (1931)
  * Microascus onychoides Jin Yu, Sand.-Den. & Gené (2016)
  * Microascus paisii (Pollacci) Sand.-Den., Gené & Guarro (2015)
  * Microascus pedrosoi C.A. Fuentes & F.A. Wolf (1956)
  * Microascus pilosus Valldos. & Guarro (1993)
  * Microascus pseudolongirostris Jagielski, Sand.-Den., Krzyściak & Gené (2016)
  * Microascus pseudopaisii Woudenb. & Samson (2017)
  * Microascus pyramidus G.L. Barron & J.C. Gilman (1961)
  * Microascus restrictus Sand.-Den., Gené & Deanna A. Sutton (2015)
  * Microascus senegalensis Arx (1975)
  * Microascus singularis (Sacc.) Malloch & Cain (1971)
  * Microascus soppii S.P. Abbott (2002)
  * Microascus sparsimycelialis Z.F. Zhang & L. Cai (2020)
  * Microascus spinosporus B.D Sun, Y.G. Zhou & A.J. Chen (2020)
  * Microascus superficialis Z.F. Zhang & L. Cai (2020)
  * Microascus tardifaciens Y. Horie & Udagawa (1983)
  * Microascus terreus (Kamyschko) Jagielski, Sand.-Den. & Gené (2016)
  * Microascus trautmannii Woudenb. & Samson (2017)
  * Microascus trigonosporus C.W. Emmons & B.O. Dodge (1931)
  * Microascus trigonus Z.F. Zhang & L. Cai (2020)
  * Microascus verrucosus Sand.-Den., Gené & Cano (2015)
  
  Former species;
  
  * M. americanus Sacc. (1916) = Microdiscus americanus, Helotiales
  * M. caviariformis Malloch & Hubart (1987) = Acaulium caviariforme
  * M. desmosporus var. macroperithecius Sage, Steiman, Seigle-Mur. & Guiraud (1995) = Microascus desmosporus
  * M. exsertus Skou (1973) = Pithoascus exsertus
  * M. giganteus Malloch (1970) = Wardomyces giganteus
  * M. guttulatus (G.L. Barron & Cain) Lodha (1978) = Petriella guttulata
  * M. intermedius C.W. Emmons & B.O. Dodge (1931) = Pithoascus nidicola
  * M. lindforsii (Curzi) Lodha (1978) = Petriella lindforsii
  * M. nidicola Massee & E.S. Salmon (1901) = Pithoascus nidicola
  * M. schumacheri (E.C. Hansen) Curzi (1931) = Pseudoscopulariopsis schumacheri
  * M. setifer Alf. Schmidt (1912) = Petriella setifera
  * M. sordidus Zukal (1890) = Petriella sordida
  * M. stoveri (Arx) S.P. Abbott (2002) = Pithoascus stoveri
  * M. stysanophorus (Mattir.) Curzi (1930) = Pithoascus stysanophorus
  * M. trigonosporus var. macroperithecius Sage, Steiman, Seigle-Mur. & Guiraud (1995) = Microascus trigonosporus
  * M. trigonosporus var. macrosporus G.F. Orr (1961) = Microascus macrosporus
  * M. trigonosporus var. terreus Kamyschko (1966) = Microascus terreus
  * M. variabilis Massee & E.S. Salmon (1901) = Microascus longirostris
  