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

Meliola
I. Meliola plebeja Speg.

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

Scientific classification Edit this 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]

Species

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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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  1. ^ a b "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.