Melanotaeniaceae
Family of fungi
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The Melanotaeniaceae are a family of smut fungi in the order Ustilaginomycetes, containing three genera.[2][3]
| Melanotaeniaceae | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Ustilaginomycetes |
| Order: | Ustilaginales |
| Family: | Melanotaeniaceae [1] |
| Type species | |
| Melanotaenium de Bary 1874 | |
| Genera | |
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It includes species such as smut fungus Melanotaenium cingens which was found parasitizing Linaria genistifolia (Plantaginaceae family) on Chornomorsky (Tendra Island, Kherson Oblast, Ukraine) in 2007.[4]