''Meliola'' is a large

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in the family

Meliolaceae The Meliolaceae are a family (biology), family of fungi in the order Meliolales. Mostly tropical in distribution, species in this family are biotrophic on the leaves and stems of plants. Despite this, most species do not cause extensive damage t ...

. It was

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by Swedish mycologist

Elias Magnus Fries Elias Magnus Fries (15 August 1794 – 8 February 1878) was a Swedish mycologist and botanist. He is sometimes called the Mycology, "Linnaeus of Mycology". In his works he described and assigned botanical names to hundreds of fungus and li ...

in 1825.

Species

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(in the

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) accepts 1701 species of ''Meliola'', Outline of Fungi notes 1700 species. Species in the genus include: *''

Meliola brevispora ''Meliola brevispora'' is a species of fungus in the family Meliolaceae. It was first described in 1987 by Marie Farr, from a specimen found on the leaves of a plant in the family, Guttiferae, in Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative R ...

'' *'' Meliola evansii'' *''

Meliola mangiferae ''Meliola mangiferae'', also described as black mildew, is a plant pathogen. References External links Index FungorumUSDA ARS Fungal Database Fungal plant pathogens and diseases Meliolaceae Fungi described in 1905 Fungus species ...

'' *'' Meliola wainioi'' *''

Meliola zangii ''Meliola zangii'' is a species of fungus in the family Meliolaceae that is found in China. It was species description, described as new to science in 2003 by Bin Song. The botanical name, specific epithet honours mycologist Mu Zang, who collecte ...

'' See also

List of Meliola species This is a list of binomial names in the fungi genus ''Meliola'' (in the family of Meliolaceae), with just accepted species and not including synonyms. Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa lists up to 1700 species (in 2020). Which are listed by ...

References

Fungal plant pathogens and diseases Meliolaceae Taxa described in 1825 Taxa named by Elias Magnus Fries {{Sordariomycetes-stub