Nineteen species of Daldinia are recognized. Six of them - Daldinia ba
mbusicola, D. brachysperma, D. gelatinosa, D. macrospora, D. mexicana,
and D. petriniae - are newly described. One new combination, Daldinia
Iloydii, is made. Seven species were cultured. Daldinia caldariorum p
roduced the teleomorph in culture. A key to the accepted Daldinia spec
ies and an annotated list of the published Daldinia epithets are provi
ded.