Placocrea is a monotypic genus of fungi, that was originally placed in the family Mycosphaerellaceae.
[1] It was latermoed to the Teratosphaeriaceae family in the Mycosphaerellales order.
[2] It only contains one known species Placocrea pulchella.
It was published by Hans Sydow in Annls mycol.
vol.37 (4/5): 380 in 1939.