Meliola

Meliola
I. Meliola plebeja Speg.

II. Meliola longipoda Gaill. III. Meliola obducens Gaill. IV. Meliola laxa Gaill. V. Meliola parenchymatica Gaill.

Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Meliolales
Family: Meliolaceae
Genus: Meliola
Fr. (1825)
Type species
Meliola nidulans
(Schwein.) Cooke (1882)
Synonyms
  • Arberia Nieuwl. (1916)
  • Asteridium (Sacc.) Speg. ex Sacc. (1891)
  • Asterina subgen. Asteridium Sacc. (1882)
  • Chaetomeliola (Cif.) Bat., H.Maia & M.L.Farr (1962)
  • Laeviomeliola Bat. (1960)
  • Meliola subgen. Chaetomeliola Cif. (1938)
  • Meliothecium Mussat (1901)
  • Myxothecium Kunze 1829

Meliola is a large genus of fungi in the family Meliolaceae. It was circumscribed by Swedish mycologist Elias Magnus Fries in 1825.