Name:		Melanaria Erichsen, Rabenhorst’s Kryptogamen-Flora 9 (5,1) (1936) page 680 [basionym]
Accepted name:		Pertusaria DC.
Status:		Genus, lichen-forming
Taxonomic position:		Pertusariaceae Körb. ex Körb. [Family] Pertusariales M. Choisy ex D. Hawksw. & O.E. Erikss. [Order] Ostropomycetidae Reeb, Lutzoni & Cl. Roux [Subclass] Lecanoromycetes O.E. Erikss. & Winka [Class] Pezizomycotina O.E. Erikss. & Winka [Subdivision / Subphylum] Ascomycota Caval.-Sm. [Division / Phylum] Fungi R.T. Moore [Kingdom]
Constituent taxa:		Species Melanaria amaurospora (Hellb.) I.M. Lamb Melanaria aperta (Stizenb.) Erichsen Melanaria atacamae C.W. Dodge Melanaria calcarea (Nyl.) Erichsen Melanaria callispora (Zahlbr.) I.M. Lamb Melanaria illyrica Erichsen Melanaria lactescens (Mudd) Erichsen Melanaria leonina (Stizenb.) Erichsen Melanaria macounii I.M. Lamb Melanaria melanospora (Nyl.) Erichsen Melanaria ochracea (Kremp.) I.M. Lamb Melanaria pentelici (Stein) Erichsen Melanaria phaeosporina (Zahlbr.) I.M. Lamb Melanaria phaesporina Melanaria spilomantha (Nyl.) Erichsen Melanaria subochracea (Stirt.) I.M. Lamb Melanaria tesselaria (Müll. Arg.) I.M. Lamb Melanaria urceolaria (Nyl.) Erichsen
Cybertruffle Resources:		Cyberliber Cumulative Index
Links:		Fungal Databases [Systematic Botany and Mycology, USDA] Genbank Google images IMI [CABI Fungus Dried Reference Collection] Index Fungorum Landcare [New Zealand] Mycobank New York Botanic Garden [Virtual Fungus Dried Reference Collection]