& M.J.O'Brien (1974) Glomosporium Kochman (1939) Kochmania Piatek (2005) Poikilosporium Dietel (1897) Sorosporium F.Rudolphi (1829) Tothiella Vánky (1999) Thecaphora is a genus of basidiomycote fungus which contains several species of plant pathogens.

[8] Thecaphora species are characterised by having spores in balls (or rarely single), generally without sterile cells, and infections are found in a range of different organs of their host plants.

It is not restricted to the higher, cooler elevations, but it has also been a problem in coastal Peru (Bazan de Segura 1960;[11] Zachmann and Baumann, 1975),[12] and also occurs in Mexico.

Vánky & M.Lutz was found to infect species in the Caryophyllaceae family, forming sori with spore balls in the floral organs.

[7] Thecaphora dahuangis causes leaf smut disease in Rheum palmatum (or dahuang), a folk medicinal plant in China.