Meliola

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
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

Species

As of October 2022^[update], 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:

• Meliola brevispora
• Meliola evansii
• Meliola mangiferae
• Meliola wainioi
• Meliola zangii

See also List of Meliola species