Melanotaeniaceae

Melanotaeniaceae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Ustilaginomycetes
Order:	Ustilaginales
Family:	Melanotaeniaceae ;
Type species
	Melanotaenium; de Bary 1874
Genera
	Exoteliospora (1 species); Melanotaenium (9); Yelsemia (4);

Last updated February 01, 2026

The Melanotaeniaceae are a family of smut fungi in the order Ustilaginomycetes, containing three genera.^[2]^[3]

It includes species such as smut fungus Melanotaenium cingens which was found parasitizing Linaria genistifolia (Plantaginaceae family) on Chornomorsky (Tendra Island, Kherson Oblast, Ukraine) in 2007.^[4]

References

↑ 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. doi:10.1139/b97-916.
↑ Kirk, P.M.; et al. (2008). Ainsworth & Bisby's dictionary of the fungi. with the assistance of T.V. Andrianova (10th ed.). Wallingford, Oxon, UK: CABI. p. 730. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
↑ 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 .
↑ 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.

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[Begerow1998-1] 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. doi:10.1139/b97-916.

[2] Kirk, P.M.; et al. (2008). Ainsworth & Bisby's dictionary of the fungi. with the assistance of T.V. Andrianova (10th ed.). Wallingford, Oxon, UK: CABI. p. 730. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.

[Wijayawardene_et_al._2020-3] 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 .

[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.

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