Melanospora caprina (Fr.) Sacc., Syll. fung. (Abellini) 2: 462. 1883.

Sphaeria caprina Fr., Fl. Danic. 11: tab. 1859, fig. 2. 1825. [Basionym]

≡ Ceratostoma caprinum (Fr.) Fr., Summa veg. Scand., Section Post. (Stockholm): 396. 1849.

≡ Cerastoma caprinum (Fr.) Quél ., Mém . Soc. Émul . Montbéliard, Sér . 2 5: 522. 1875.

= Sphaeria vervecina Desm., Annls Sci. Nat., Bot., sér . 2 17: 13. 1842.

≡ Melanospora vervecina (Desm.) Fuckel, Jb. nassau. Ver. Naturk. 23-24: 126. 1870.

= Melanospora vervecina f. arundinis Sacc., Syll. fung. (Abellini) 2: 461. 1883.

Notes.

Melanospora caprina is distinguished from the other species of the genus by its larger, white, densely tomentose ascomata with a very long neck, and ellipsoidal to citriform, smooth-walled ascospores with slightly apiculate germ pores.