Dothidea

{{Short description|Genus of fungi}}

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{{Automatic taxobox

|image =Dothidea.jpg

|taxon = Dothidea

|image_alt = Dothidea puccinioides

|image_caption = Dothidea puccinioides

|authority = Fr., 1818

|type_species = Dothidea sambuci

|type_species_authority = (Pers.) Fr. ,1823

}}

Dothidea is a genus of fungi belonging to the family Dothideaceae.{{GBIF |id=2514286 |taxon=Dothidea |accessdate=21 April 2021}} The genus was first described in 1818 by Elias Magnus Fries.{{cite book|author=Fries, E.M. |date=1818|title=Observationes mycologicae|volume= 2| page=347 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49669568}} The type species is Dothidea sambuci.{{cite web|url=https://www.mycobank.org/page/Name%20details%20page/field/Mycobank%20%23/1693|title=Mycobank: Dothidea|website=www.mycobank.org|accessdate=2021-04-22}}

The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.

Species

As accepted by Species Fungorum;{{cite web |title=Dothidea - Search Page |url=http://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/Names.asp?strGenus=Dothidea |website=www.speciesfungorum.org |publisher=Species Fungorum |access-date=27 October 2022}}

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Species Fungorum lists up to 387 records of Dothidea species, but only the above list have stayed as Dothidea, the rest have been moved to various families and genera.

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