Synonymy:
Sphaeria pulvis-pyrius Pers., Syn. meth. fung. (Göttingen) 1: 86 (1801)
Molgosphaera pulvis-pyrius (Pers.) Dumort. [as 'pulvispyrius'], Comment. bot. (Tournay): 86 (1822)
Psilosphaeria pulvis-pyrius (Pers.) Stev., Mycol. Scot.: 387 (1879)

Sphaeria pulvis Pers., Ann. Bot. (Usteri) 11: 27 (1794)

Sphaeria conglobata Fr., Observ. mycol. (Havniae) 1: 176 (1815)
Cucurbitaria conglobata (Fr.) Ces. & De Not., Comm. Soc. crittog. Ital. 1(fasc. 4): 214 (1863)
Cucurbitula conglobata (Fr.) Fuckel, Jb. nassau. Ver. Naturk. 23-24: 171 (1870) [1869-70]
Rosellinia conglobata (Fr.) Sacc., Syll. Fung. (Abellini) 1: 274 (1882)
Sphaeropsis conglobata (Fr.) Sacc., Syll. Fung. (Abellini) 3: 299 (1884)
Gibberidea conglobata (Fr.) Kuntze, Revis. gen. pl. (Leipzig) 3(3): 481 (1898)
Macroplodia conglobata (Fr.) Kuntze, Revis. gen. pl. (Leipzig) 3(3): 492 (1898)
Aplosporella conglobata (Fr.) Allesch. [as 'Haplosporella'], Rabenh. Krypt.-Fl., Edn 2 (Leipzig) 1(7): 70 (1901) [1903]
Botryodiplodia conglobata (Fr.) Jacz., Opredelitel' Gribov, 2 Fungi Imperfecti (Petrograd): 79 (1917)
Hendersonula conglobata (Fr.) Höhn., Hedwigia 62: 77 (1920)
Dichomera conglobata (Fr.) B. Sutton & Dyko, Mycol. Res. 93(4): 475 (1989)

Astoma carbonarium Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. (London) 1: 524 (1821)

Verrucaria lyellii Leight., Brit. Sp. Ang. Lich.: 42 (1851)

Melanomma pulvis-pyrius f. broussonetiae Sacc., Hedwigia 14: 74 (1875)

Melanomma pulvis-pyrius f. coryli-avellanae Sacc., Hedwigia 14: 74 (1875)

Melanomma pulvis-pyrius f. aceris-campestris Sacc., Hedwigia 14: 74 (1875)

Melanomma pulvis-pyrius f. corni-sanguineae Sacc., Hedwigia 14: 75 (1875)

Melanomma pulvis-pyrius f. alni-glutinosae Sacc., Hedwigia 14: 74 (1875)

Melanomma pulvis-pyrius f. fagi-sylvaticae Sacc., Hedwigia 14: 75 (1875)

Melanomma pulvis-pyrius f. pyri-communis Sacc., Hedwigia 14: 74 (1875)

Melanomma pulvis-pyrius f. ulmi Sacc., Hedwigia 14: 74 (1875)

Melanomma pulvis-pyrius f. symphoricarpi-racemosae Sacc., Hedwigia 14: 75 (1875)

Phoma agminalis Sacc., Michelia 2(no. 7): 379 (1881)

Dendrophoma pulvis-pyrius Sacc., Syll. Fung. (Abellini) 3: 181 (1884)
Dinemasporium pulvis-pyrius (Sacc.) Shkarupa, Novosti Sist. Nizsh. Rast. 17: 108 (1980)

Aposphaeria agminalis Sacc., Syll. Fung. (Abellini) 3: 171 (1884)
Coniothyrium agminale (Sacc.) Kuntze, Revis. gen. pl. (Leipzig) 3(3): 459 (1898)

Melanomma pulvis-pyrius f. ulmi Lambotte, Rev. Mycol., Toulouse 19(no. 74): 54 (1897)

Position in classification:
Melanomma, Melanommataceae, Pleosporales, Pleosporomycetidae, Dothideomycetes, Ascomycota, Fungi

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