Meliolaceae

Belongs within: Sordariomycetidae.

The Meliolaceae, black mildews, are a family of plant-parasitic fungi bearing hyphae with phialides; asci are clavate and ascospores 3-4 septate (Hosagoudar 2003).

<==Meliolaceae
    |--+--Endomeliola Hughes & Pirozynski 1994HM17, H03
    |  |    `--*E. dingleyae Hughes & Pirozynski 1994H03
    |  `--Irenopsis Stevens 1927HM17, KC01
    |       |--*I. tortuosa [=Irene tortuosa]H03
    |       |--I. aciculosaDP72
    |       |--I. cornutaHM17
    |       |--I. cryptocarpaDP72
    |       `--I. vincensiiHM17
    `--+--Asteridiella McAlpine 1897HM17, H03 [incl. Irene Theissen & Sydow 1917H03, Parasteridiella Maia 1960KC01]
       |    |--A. cupaniae Hansford 1963H03
       |    |--A. cyclopodaDP72
       |    |--A. entebbensis [=Irenina entebbensis]DP72
       |    |--A. fidalisH03
       |    `--A. naucleaeDP72
       |         |--A. n. var. naucleaeDP72
       |         `--A. n. var. libericaeDP72
       `--Meliola Fries 1825HM17, H03 (see below for synonymy)
            |--*M. psidii [incl. M. trichostroma]H03
            |--M. camelliaeM97
            |--M. capensisDP72
            |    |--M. c. var. capensisDP72
            |    `--M. c. var. thomasiiDP72
            |--M. castanopsidicolaD03
            |--M. castanopsisD03
            |--M. citriM97
            |--M. clerodendriDP72
            |--M. coffeaeDP72
            |--M. cookeanaDP72
            |--M. deinbolliaeDP72
            |--M. funereaM96
            |--M. ischnocarpi-volubili Hansford 1963H03
            |--M. juddianaMC03
            |--M. kawandensisDP72
            |--M. landolphiae-floridaeDP72
            |--M. macarangicolaDP72
            |--M. millettiae-rhodanthaeDP72
            |--M. niessleanaMC03
            |--M. paulliniaeDP72
            |--M. penzigi [incl. Heterobotrys paradoxa]M97
            |--M. sclerochitonisDP72
            |--M. symphorematisH03
            |    |--M. s. var. symphorematisH03
            |    `--M. s. var. major Hansford 1963H03
            `--M. ugandensisDP72

Meliolaceae incertae sedis:
  Ceratospermopsis Bat. 1951KC01
  Haraea Sacc. & Syd. 1913KC01
  Hypasteridium Speg. 1923 (n. d.)KC01
  Laeviomeliola Bat. 1960KC01
  Leptascospora Speg. 1918KC01
  Metasteridium Speg. 1923 (n. d.)KC01
  Ophiociliomyces Bat. & Lima 1955EB03, KC01
  Ophioirenina Sawada & Yamam. 1959KC01
  Ophiomeliola Starbäck 1899EB03, KC01
  Parasteridium Speg. 1923 (n. d.)KC01
  Pauahia Stevens 1925H03
  Pleomeliola (Sacc.) Sacc. 1899KC01
  Pleomerium Speg. 1918KC01
  Prataprajella Hosagoudar 1992H03
  Ticomyces Toro 1952KC01
  Urupe Viégas 1944KC01
  Xenostigme Syd. 1930KC01
  Irenina Stevens 1927H03, KC01
    `--*I. glabraH03
  Cryptomeliola Hughes & Pirozynski in Mibey & Hawksworth 1997H03
    `--*C. orbicularis (Berkeley & Curtis) Hughes & Pirozynski in Mibey & Hawksworth 1997 [=Meliola orbicularis]H03
  Amazonia Theissen 1913 (see below for synonymy)KC01
    |--*A. asterinoides (Wint.) Theissen 1913H03
    `--A. corozalensisH03
  Appendiculella Hoehnel 1919H03
    |--*A. calostroma (Desm.) Hoehnel 1919 [=Irene calostroma]H03
    `--A. castanopsidifoliaeD03
  Meliolinites Selkirk ex Janson. & Hills 1978T93, KC01
    `--M. dilcherii Daghlian 1978T93

Amazonia Theissen 1913 [incl. Actinodothis Syd. & Syd. 1914, Amazoniella Bat. & Maia 1960, Meliolaster Doidge 1920 non Höhn. 1918]^KC01

Meliola Fries 1825^{HM17, H03} [incl. Amphitrichum Nees 1818^{H03, KC01}, Arberia Nieuwl. 1916 non White 1908^KC01, Asteridium (Sacc.) Speg. ex Sacc. 1891^KC01, Chaetomeliola (Cif.) Bat., Maia & Farr 1962^KC01, Couturea^H03, Meliothecium Sacc. 1901^KC01, Myxothecium Kunze 1823^KC01]

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[D03] David, J. C. 2003. Orthographic conundrums: the problem of –opsis and –botrys. Taxon 52: 603–608.

[DP72] Deighton, F. C., & K. A. Pirozynski. 1972. Microfungi. V. More hyperparasitic hyphomycetes. Mycological Papers 128: 1–110.

[EB03] Eriksson, O. E., H. O. Barah, R. S. Currah, K. Hansen, C. P. Kurtzman, G. Rambold & T. Laessøe (eds.) 2003. Outline of Ascomycota—2003. Myconet 9: 1–89.

[HM17] Hongsanan, S., S. S. N. Maharachchikumbura, K. D. Hyde, M. C. Samarakoon, R. Jeewon, Q. Zhao, A. M. Al-Sadi & A. H. Bahkali. 2017. An updated phylogeny of Sordariomycetes based on phylogenetic and molecular clock evidence. Fungal Diversity 84: 25–41.

[H03] Hosagoudar, V. B. 2003. Armatellaceae, a new family segregated from the Meliolaceae. Sydowia 55 (2): 162–167.

[KC01] Kirk, P. M., P. F. Cannon, J. C. David & J. A. Stalpers. 2001. Ainsworth & Bisby’s Dictionary of the Fungi 9^th ed. CAB International: Wallingford (UK).

[M96] McAlpine, D. 1896. Descriptions of new Australian fungi. No. I. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 21 (1): 104–106, pls 10–11.

[M97] McAlpine, D. 1897. The sooty mould of citrus trees: a study in polymorphism (Capnodium citricolum, n.sp.). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 21 (4): 469–499, pls 23–34.

[MC03] Mostert, L., P. W. Crous, J. Z. Groenewald, W. Gams & R. C. Summerbell. 2003. Togninia (Calosphaeriales) is confirmed as teleomorph of Phaeoacremonium by means of morphology, sexual compatibility and DNA phylogeny. Mycologia 95 (4): 646–659.

[T93] Taylor, T. N. 1993. Fungi. In: Benton, M. J. (ed.) The Fossil Record 2 pp. 9–13. Chapman & Hall: London.