Pestalosphaeria is a genus of fungi in the family Pestalotiopsidaceae.
The morphological characters of Pestalosphaeria comprise cylindrical asci with a J+ apical apparatus, ascospores uniseriate in the ascus, three cells, ellipsoid, and a pale dull brown color.
The genus name of Pestalosphaeria is in honour of Fortunato Pestalozza (died 1878), who was an Italian botanist and doctor who worked in Constantinople and Antalya.
The genus was circumscribed by Margaret Elizabeth Barr-Bigelow in Mycologia vol.67 on page 188 in 1975.
Species
As accepted by Species Fungorum; Pestalosphaeria accidenta Pestalosphaeria alpiniae Pestalosphaeria austroamericana Pestalosphaeria hansenii Pestalosphaeria leucospermi
Former species
Pestalosphaeria concentrica = Pestalotiopsis guepinii); Pestalotiopsidaceae
Pestalosphaeria elaeidis = Pseudopestalotiopsis elaeidis); Pestalotiopsidaceae
Pestalosphaeria eugeniae = Pestalotiopsis eugeniae); Pestalotiopsidaceae
Pestalosphaeria gubae = Pestalotiopsis neglecta); Pestalotiopsidaceae
Pestalosphaeria jinggangensis = Pestalotiopsis podocarpi); Pestalotiopsidaceae
Pestalosphaeria maculiformans = Pestalotiopsis maculiformans); Pestalotiopsidaceae Pestalosphaeria varia = Pestalotiopsis besseyi); Pestalotiopsidaceae