| Name | Microsphaera abbreviata Peck |
| Authorship | Peck |
| Rank | Species |
| Placed in | Microsphaera Léveillé |
| Citation | 1876 [1875] Rep. (Annual) New York State Mus. Nat. Hist. 28: 64 |
| Holdings | 5 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Microsphaera abbreviata Peck |
| Identification made in | 1982 (3), 1987 (2) |