Roesleria is a fungal genus in the family Roesleriaceae.
The genus was circumscribed by Felix Karl Albert Ernst Joachim von Thümen-Gräfendorf and Giovanni Passerini in Oesterr. Bot. Z. vol.27 on page 270 in 1877.
The genus name of Roesleria is in honour of Leonard Roesler (1839–1910), who was a German-Austrian chemist and oenologist, he was Professor at the Technical University of Karlsruhe in 1867.
Species As accepted by Species Fungorum; Roesleria brasiliana Roesleria bubonis Roesleria norrlinii Roesleria subterranea
Former species; R. coniophaea = Sclerophora pallida Coniocybaceae R. hyalinella = Sclerophora peronella R. hypogaea = Roesleria subterranea R. pallida sensu auct. p.p., = Roesleria subterranea R. pallida = Sclerophora pallida R. pallida var. farinacea = Sclerophora farinacea R. pilacriformis = Roesleria subterranea
See also List of Ascomycota genera incertae sedis
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