Phylum Ascomycota Caval.-Sm. (1998) - sac fungi Subphylum Pezizomycotina O.E. Erikss. & Winka (1997) Class Dothideomycetes O.E. Erikss. & Winka (1997) Subclass Pleosporomycetidae C.L. Schoch, Spatafora, Crous & Shoemaker (2007) Order Pleosporales Luttr. ex M.E.Barr (1987) Family Ligninsphaeriaceae Jin F. Zhang, Jian K. Liu, K.D.Hyde & Zi Y. Liu (2016), nom. nud. [monotypic] Genus Ligninsphaeria Jin F. Zhang, Jian K. Liu, K.D.Hyde & Zi Y. Liu (2016)