Meliola

Meliola
I. Meliola plebeja Speg. II. Meliola longipoda Gaill. III. Meliola obducens Gaill. IV. Meliola laxa Gaill. V. Meliola parenchymatica Gaill.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Sordariomycetes
Order:	Meliolales
Family:	Meliolaceae
Genus:	Meliola Fr. (1825)
Type species
Meliola nidulans (Schwein.) Cooke (1882)
Synonyms[1]
Arberia Nieuwl. (1916) Asteridium (Sacc.) Speg. ex Sacc. (1891) Asterina subgen. Asteridium Sacc. (1882) Chaetomeliola (Cif.) Bat., H.Maia & M.L.Farr (1962) Laeviomeliola Bat. (1960) Meliola subgen. Chaetomeliola Cif. (1938) Meliothecium Mussat (1901) Myxothecium Kunze 1829

Meliola is a large genus of fungi in the family Meliolaceae. It was circumscribed by Swedish mycologist Elias Magnus Fries in 1825.[1][2]

Species

As of October 2022^[update], Species Fungorum (in the Catalogue of Life) accepts 1701 species of Meliola,[3] Outline of Fungi notes 1700 species.[4] Species in the genus include:

• Meliola brevispora
• Meliola evansii
• Meliola mangiferae
• Meliola wainioi
• Meliola zangii

See also List of Meliola species

References

1. "Meliola". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
2. Fries, E.M. (1825). "Sphaeriacei". Systema orbis vegetabilis (Lundae) (in Latin). Vol. 1. p. 111.
3. Source dataset. Species Fungorum Plus: Species Fungorum for CoL+. "Meliola". Catalog of Life Version 2022-09-25. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
4. Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, Laith Khalil Tawfeeq; Somayeh, Dolatabadi; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny; et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere. 11: 1060–1456. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8. hdl:10481/61998.