Synonymy:
Acrostaphylus G. Arnaud ex Subram., J. Indian bot. Soc. 35: 482 (1956)
Ascoporia Samuels & A.I. Romero, Bolm Mus. paraense 'Emílio Goeldi', sér. bot. 7(2): 264 (1993) [1991]
Discosphaera Dumort., Comment. bot. (Tournay): 91 (1822)
Epixylon Füisting, Bot. Ztg. 25(no. 39): 309 (1867)
Euhypoxylon Füisting, Bot. Ztg. 25(no. 39): 309 (1867)
Hypoxylina Starbäck, Ark. Bot. 5(no. 7): 29 (1905)
Institale Fr., Systema Mycologicum 3(1): 202, 210 (1829)
Nodulisporium Preuss, in Klotzsch, Herb. Viv. Mycol., Cent.: no. 1272 (1849)
Perisphaeria Roussel, Fl. Calvados, Edn 2: 42 (1806)
Pleurographium Goid., Ann. Bot., Roma 21(1): 48 (1935)
Pseudosolidum Lloyd, Mycol. Writ. (Cincinnati) 7(Letter 69): 1206 (1923)
Pyrenodermium Bonord., Handb. Allgem. Mykol. (Stuttgart): 272 (1851)
Spermatodermia Wallr., Fl. crypt. Germ. (Norimbergae) 2: 262 (1833)
Spermodermia Tode, Fung. mecklenb. sel. (Lüneburg) 1: 1 (1790)
Sphaeria Haller, Hist. stirp. Helv. (Bernae) 3: 120 (1768)
Stromatosphaeria Grev., Scott. crypt. fl. (Edinburgh) 2: 110 (1823)

Position in classification:
Hypoxylon, Hypoxylaceae, Xylariales, Xylariomycetidae, Sordariomycetes, Ascomycota, Fungi

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