Meliola

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

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Meliola
I. Meliola plebeja Speg.

II. Meliola longipoda Gaill. III. Meliola obducens Gaill. IV. Meliola laxa Gaill. V. Meliola parenchymatica Gaill.

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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
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Species

As of October 2022, 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:

See also List of Meliola species

References

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