Authority as given in Index Fungorum ("Sparrow, Mycologia 34(1): 115 (1942)"). Mycobank (2019 version) has "J. Schröt., Natürl. Pflanzenfam.: 106 (1893)". From Index Fungorum: ?Based on suborder Monoblepharidineae in Engler & Prantl, ed. 1, 1(1): iv, 1897 or J. Schröt., in Engler & Prantl, 1895.