Melanelia

Short description: Genus of lichenized fungi

Melanelia

Melanelia stygia
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Fungi
Division:  | Ascomycota
Class:  | Lecanoromycetes
Order:  | Lecanorales
Family:  | Parmeliaceae
Genus:  | Melanelia
Essl. (1978)
Type species
Melanelia stygia

(L.) Essl. (1978)

Species

M. commixta
M. hepatizon
M. microglabra
M. pseudoglabra
M. stygia

Melanelia is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Parmeliaceae.[1] The genus was circumscribed by Ted Esslinger in 1978.[2]

## Species

* Melanelia commixta (Nyl.) A.Thell (1995)
* Melanelia hepatizon (Ach.) A.Thell (1995)
* Melanelia microglabra Divakar, Upreti, G.P.Sinha & Elix (2003)[3] – India
* Melanelia pseudoglabra (Essl.) Essl. (1978)
* Melanelia stygia (L.) Essl. (1978)

## References

1. ↑ Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; LKT, Al-Ani; S, Dolatabadi; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny; Tsurykau, Andrei; Mesic, Armin et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere 11: 1060–1456. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8.
2. ↑ Esslinger TL. (1978). "A new status for brown Parmeliae". Mycotaxon 7 (1): 45–54. http://www.cybertruffle.org.uk/cyberliber/59575/0007/001/0045.htm.
3. ↑ Divakar, P.K.; Upreti, D.K.; Sinha, G.P.; Elix, J.A. (2003). "New species and records in the lichen family Parmeliaceae (Ascomycota) from India". Mycotaxon 88: 149–154. http://www.cybertruffle.org.uk/cyberliber/59575/0088/0149.htm.

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