Ophiostoma

Ophiostoma is a genus of fungi within the family Ophiostomataceae. It was circumscribed in 1919 by mycologists Hans Sydow and Paul Sydow.

Note the former type species of Ophiostoma piliferum(Fr.) Syd. & P. Syd. (1919) is now Ceratocystis pilifera, Ceratocystidaceae family.

The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution worldwide, except for central Asia, northern Africa and Russia.