Melanotaeniaceae

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Melanotaeniaceae
Scientific classification
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Fungi
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Melanotaeniaceae

Type species
Melanotaenium
de Bary 1874
Genera

Genera;

The Melanotaeniaceae are a

smut fungi in the order Ustilaginomycetes, containing three genera.[2][3]

It includes species such as smut fungus Melanotaenium cingens (Beck) Magnus which was found parasitizing Linaria genistifolia (L.) Mill. (Plantaginaceaefamily) on Chornomorsky (Tendra Island, Kherson Oblast, Ukraine) in 2007.[4]

References

  1. ^ Begerow, D.; Bauer, R.; Oberwinkler, F. (1998). "Phylogenetic studies on nuclear large subunit ribosomal DNA sequences of smut fungi and related taxa". Canadian Journal of Botany. 75 (12): 2045–2056.
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  4. ^ Savchenko, Kyryll; Heluta, Vasyl (January 2010). "Melanotaenium cingens (Back) Magnus (Melanotaeniaceae, Ustilaginales), a new species in Ukraine [In Ukrainian: Melanotaenium cingens (Beck) Magnus (Melanotaeniaceae, Ustilaginales) – новий вид в Україні]". Ukrainian Botanical Journal. 67 (5): 721–724.