The Melanommataceae are a family of fungi in the order Pleosporales. Taxa are widespread in temperate and subtropical regions, and are saprobic on wood and bark.[1]

Melanommataceae
Byssosphaeria rhodomphala
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Dothideomycetes
Order: Pleosporales
Family: Melanommataceae
G.Winter (1885)
Type genus
Melanomma
Nitschke ex Fuckel (1870)
Genera

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Genera

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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.[2] Following the genus name is the taxonomic authority (those who first circumscribed the genus; standardised author abbreviations are used), year of publication, and the estimated number of species.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Cannon PF, Kirk PM (2007). Fungal Families of the World. Wallingford: CABI. ISBN 0-85199-827-5.
  2. ^ a b Wijayawardene, N.N.; Hyde, K.D.; Dai, D.Q.; Sánchez-García, M.; Goto, B.T.; Saxena, R.K.; et al. (2022). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa – 2021". Mycosphere. 13 (1): 53–453 [108]. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/13/1/2. hdl:10481/76378. S2CID 249054641.