Two new species of Botryosphaeriaceae (Botryosphaeriales) and new host / geographical records Author Rathnayaka, Achala R. 0000-0001-8498-2715 School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand. & Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand. & Department of Plant Medicine, National Chiayi University, 300 Syuefu Road, Chiayi City 60004, Taiwan. & rathnayakaachala @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 8498 - 2715 rathnayakaachala@gmail.com Author Chethana, K. W. Thilini 0000-0002-5816-9269 School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand. & Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand. & tchethi @ yahoo. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 5816 - 9269 tchethi@yahoo.com Author Phillips, Alan J. L. 0000-0001-6367-9784 Faculdade de Ciências, Biosystems and Integrative Sciences Institute (BioISI), Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, 1749 - 016 Lisbon, Portugal. & alan. jl. phillips @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 6367 - 9784 alan.jl.phillips@gmail.com Author Jones, E. B. Gareth 0000-0002-7286-5471 Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, P. O Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. & torperadgj @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 7286 - 5471 torperadgj@gmail.com text Phytotaxa 2022 2022-09-14 564 1 8 38 journal article 142529 10.11646/phytotaxa.564.1.2 4b4efc13-1b6e-4b55-a5d7-397f80b46b4c 1179-3163 7077775 Sphaeropsis Sacc. , Michelia 2(no. 6): 105 (1880) Index Fungorum number : IF 562041; Facesoffungi number : FoF 01704 Sphaeropsis was introduced by Saccardo (1880) with S. visci as the type species. More than 600 epithets are listed in Index Fungorum (2022) . Sphaeropsis species are characterized by brown, aseptate ascospores with a small apiculus at either end. Conidia are oval, oblong or clavate, straight, pigmented and aseptate ( Phillips et al. 2013 ).