Dothidea is a genus of fungi belonging to the family Dothideaceae.

[3] The genus was first described in 1818 by Elias Magnus Fries.

[3][2] The type species is Dothidea sambuci.

[1][2] The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.

[3] As accepted by Species Fungorum;[4] 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.