The Melanommataceae are a
family
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of
fungi
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in the
order
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Pleosporales
The Pleosporales is the largest order in the fungal class Dothideomycetes. By a 2008 estimate it contains 23 families, 332 genera and more than 4700 species. The majority of species are saprobes on decaying plant material in fresh water, marin ...
. Taxa are widespread in
temperate
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and
subtropical
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regions, and are
saprobic
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on wood and bark.
Genera
These are the genera that are in the Melanommataceae (including estimated number of species in each genus, totalling 1017 species), according to a 2021 review of fungal classification.
Following the genus name is the
taxonomic authority
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(those who first circumscribed the genus; standardised author abbreviations are used), year of publication, and the estimated number of species.
* ''
Alpinaria'' – 1 sp.
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Aposphaeria
''Aposphaeria'' is a genus of fungi in the family Melanommataceae. The genus was circumscribed in 1880 by Pier Andrea Saccardo, with '' Aposphaeria pulviscula'' selected as the type species.
Species
, Species Fungorum (in the Catalog of Life
...
'' – 189 spp.
* ''
Asymmetricospora'' – 1 sp.
* ''
Bertiella'' – 2 spp.
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Bicrouania'' – 1 sp.
* ''
Byssosphaeria'' – 27 spp.
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Calyptronectria'' – 3 spp.
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Camposporium'' – 24 spp.
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Exosporiella'' – 1 sp.
* ''
Fusiconidium'' – 3 spp.
* ''
Herpotrichia'' – 101 spp.
* ''
Mamillisphaeria'' – 1 sp.
* ''
Marjia'' – 1 sp.
* ''
Melanocamarosporioides'' – 1 sp.
* ''
Melanocamarosporium'' – 2 spp.
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Melanocucurbitaria'' – 1 sp.
* ''
Melanodiplodia'' – 1 sp.
* ''
Melanomma'' – ca. 30 spp.
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Monoseptella'' – 1 sp.
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Muriformistrickeria'' – 2 spp.
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Navicella'' – 5 spp.
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Neobyssosphaeria'' – 1 sp.
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Petrakia'' – 6 spp.
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Phragmotrichum'' – 5 spp.
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Pleotrichocladium'' – 1 sp.
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Praetumpfia'' – 1 sp.
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Pseudobyssosphaeria'' – 1 sp.
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Pseudodidymella'' – 2 spp.
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Pseudostrickeria'' – 3 spp.
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Sarimanas'' – 2 spp.
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Seifertia'' – 2 spp.
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Tumularia'' – 2 spp.
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Uzbekistanica'' – 3 spp.
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Xenostigmina'' – 2 spp.
References
Dothideomycetes families
Taxa described in 1885
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