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