Melanotaenium

Melanotaenium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Ustilaginomycetes
Order:	Ustilaginales
Family:	Melanotaeniaceae
Genus:	Melanotaenium ; de Bary 1874

Last updated February 01, 2026

The Melanotaenium is a genus of smut fungi in the family Melanotaeniaceae.^[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]

Species

As accepted by Species Fungorum;^[5]

Melanotaenium adoxae (Bref.) S. Ito (1935)
Melanotaenium antirrhini Vienn.-Bourg. ex Vánky (1990)
Melanotaenium apludae Thirum. & M.C. Sriniv. (1964)
Melanotaenium arthraxonis (Thirum. & Pavgi) Vánky (1997)
Melanotaenium arundinellae M.S. Patil (1992)
Melanotaenium byzovae Schwarzman (1960)
Melanotaenium cingens (Beck) Magnus (1892)^[4]
Melanotaenium dimeriae A.R. Patil, T.M. Patil & M.S. Patil (2004)
Melanotaenium echinochloae M.S. Patil (1992)
Melanotaenium endogenum (Unger) de Bary (1874)
Melanotaenium eragrostidis A.R. Patil, T.M. Patil & M.S. Patil (2004)
Melanotaenium euphorbiae (L.W. Lenz) M.D. Whitehead & Thirum. (1953)
Melanotaenium gunnerae G.P. Clinton ex Vánky & R. Bauer (1998)
Melanotaenium hypogaeum (Tul. & C. Tul.) Schellenb. (1911)
Melanotaenium jaapii Magnus (1911)
Melanotaenium metzii A.R. Patil, T.M. Patil & M.S. Patil (2004)
Melanotaenium spermacoces Thirum., Patel, G.W. Dhande & V.V. Bhatt (1956)
Melanotaenium tochinaianum S. Ito (1935)
Melanotaenium tuberculatae M.S. Patil (1992)
Melanotaenium urochloae M.S. Patil (1992)

References

↑ De Bary, A. 1874. Protomyces microsporus und seine Verwandten. Botanische Zeitung. 32:97-108
↑ Vánky, Kálmán (1994). European Smut Fungi. G. Fischer. pp. 143–146. ISBN 978-1-56081-379-8.
↑ Piepenbring, M.; Bauer, R.; Oberwinkler, F. (1998-09-01). "Teliospores of smut fungi teliospore connections, appendages, and germ pores studied by electron microscopy; phylogenetic discussion of characteristics of teliospores" . Protoplasma. 204 (3): 202–218. Bibcode:1998Prpls.204..202P. doi:10.1007/BF01280324. ISSN 1615-6102. S2CID 26206370.
1 2 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.
↑ "Species Fungorum - Search Page - Melanotaenium". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 25 September 2023.

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[1] De Bary, A. 1874. Protomyces microsporus und seine Verwandten. Botanische Zeitung. 32:97-108

[2] Vánky, Kálmán (1994). European Smut Fungi. G. Fischer. pp. 143–146. ISBN 978-1-56081-379-8.

[3] Piepenbring, M.; Bauer, R.; Oberwinkler, F. (1998-09-01). "Teliospores of smut fungi teliospore connections, appendages, and germ pores studied by electron microscopy; phylogenetic discussion of characteristics of teliospores" . Protoplasma. 204 (3): 202–218. Bibcode:1998Prpls.204..202P. doi:10.1007/BF01280324. ISSN 1615-6102. S2CID 26206370.

[Savchenko-4] 1 2 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.

[Fungorum-5] "Species Fungorum - Search Page - Melanotaenium". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 25 September 2023.

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