MycoBank number:MB 959;Index Fungorum number:IF 959,Facesoffungi number: FoF 06401; 23 morphological species (Species Fungorum 2020), molecular data unavailable.

Type species –Chaetoplea calvescens(Fr. ex Desm.) Clem., in Clements & Shear, Gen. fung., Edn 2 (Minneapolis): 275 (1931).

≡Sphaeria calvescensFr. ex Desm., Annls Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2 19: 353 (1843).

Notes –Chaetopleawas previously reported as a member ofPhaeosphaeriaceae(Barr 1987a, 1990b). The genus is characterized by scleroplectenchyma cell types of peridium, 3-euseptate ellipsoidal ascospores with longitudinal septa, and hyaline to pale yellow. Phookamsak et al. (2014c) re-examined the lectotype ofChaetoplea calvescensand assigned the genus toLeptosphaeriaceaebased on compatible morphology. Epitypification is required to confirm the taxonomic placement ofChaetoplea.

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