| Name | Sphaerothallia Nees ex Eversmann |
| Authorship | Nees ex Eversmann |
| Rank | Genus |
| NomenclaturalStatus | NomLeg |
| Placed in | Megasporaceae |
| Contains | Sphaerothallia fruticulosa (Eversmann) Follmann & A. Crespo Sphaerothallia sp. |
| Remarks | Lectotype Species: S. esculenta (Pallas) Eversmann (Lichen esculentus Pallas) (vide M. Choisy, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 76: 525. 1929) |
| Citation | 1831 Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 15: 360 |