Melaspilea

Melaspilea
	Melaspilea ochrothalamia, found in Sintra, Portugal
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Dothideomycetes
Order:	Eremithallales
Family:	Melaspileaceae
Genus:	Melaspilea; Nyl. (1857)
Type species
	Melaspilea arthonioides; (A.Massal.) Nyl. (1857)
Synonyms
	Celidium sect. Melaspileella P.Karst. (1885); Hazslinszkya Körb. (1861); Melanographa Müll.Arg. (1882); Melaspileomyces Cif. & Tomas. (1953); Stictographa Mudd (1861);

Melaspilea is a genus of lichen-forming and lichenicolous fungi in the family Melaspileaceae. The genus was circumscribed by Finnish lichenologist William Nylander in 1857.

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