The Sphaeropsis are a genus of fungi, within the family of Botryosphaeriaceae and within the order of Botryosphaeriales, within the class Dothideomycetes.
J. Kickx f.),[4] which is the causal agent of the Diplodia tip blight disease on pines and other conifer species.
[5] It is also found on forest and ornamental trees in the Western Balkans, Europe,[6] and in the United States.
So named as the species are similar in form to the fungal genus Sphaeria Haller, Hist.
[16] Species Sphaeropsis visci causes leaf-spot disease on Asian mistletoe (Viscum coloratum (Kom.)
Rogers (2004) (Sphaeropsis Apple rot),[22] now Xenosphaeropsis pyriputrescens (in the Phacidiaceae family).