Name:		Melanconis Tul. & C. Tul., (1863) page 115 [basionym]
Synonym(s):		Melanconidium (Sacc.) Kuntze (1898) Sporotheca Corda (1829) Neokeissleria Petr. (1920) Discodiaporthe Petr. (1921) Hyalomelanconis Naumov (1954)
Status:		Genus
Taxonomic position:		Melanconidaceae G. Winter [Family] Diaporthales Nannf. [Order] Sordariomycetidae O.E. Erikss. & Winka [Subclass] Sordariomycetes 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 Melanconis abietis Kirschst. Melanconis aceris W. Phillips & Plowr. Melanconis acrocystis (Peck) Ellis & Everh. Melanconis alni Tul. & C. Tul. Melanconis alnicola Jaap Melanconis ambigua Mouton Melanconis amygdalina Cooke Melanconis antarctica Speg. Melanconis apocrypta Ellis Melanconis appendiculata (G.H. Otth) Wehm. Melanconis asteropycnis (Crouan) Sacc. Melanconis aucta (Berk. & Broome) Wehm. Melanconis berkeleyi Tul. Melanconis betulina G.H. Otth Melanconis biansata Ellis & Everh. Melanconis bicornis Cooke Melanconis californica Wehm. Melanconis caraganae Danilova Melanconis carpinigera (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Petr. Melanconis carthusiana C. Tul. & Tul. Melanconis castri-labatii Speg. Melanconis cestri-labatii Speg. Melanconis chrysostroma (Fr.) Tul. & C. Tul. Melanconis commutata Petr. Melanconis corni Wehm. Melanconis cytisi Naumov Melanconis dasycarpa Ellis & Kellerm. Melanconis decoraensis Ellis Melanconis decorahensis Ellis Melanconis desmazieri Petr. Melanconis desmazierii Melanconis dolosa (Fr.) Sacc. Melanconis everhartii Ellis Melanconis fagi Oudem. Melanconis faginea Sacc. Melanconis fennica P. Karst. Melanconis flavovirens (G.H. Otth) Wehm. Melanconis gigantea Lar.N. Vassiljeva Melanconis glutinosae Z. Urb. Melanconis helvetica Rehm Melanconis hicoriae G.F. Atk. Melanconis hyperopta (Nitschke ex G.H. Otth) Wehm. Melanconis itoana Kobay. Melanconis juglandis (Ellis & Everh.) A.H. Graves Melanconis lanciformis (Fr.) Cooke Melanconis leiphaemia (Fr.) Lar.N. Vassiljeva Melanconis leucostroma Niessl & Rehm Melanconis longipes Tul. & C. Tul. Melanconis maackii (Lar.N. Vassiljeva) Lar.N. Vassiljeva Melanconis macrosperma Tul. Melanconis macrospora Tul. Melanconis marginalis (Peck) Wehm. Melanconis microspora Kobay. Melanconis modesta Tul. Melanconis modonia Tul. & C. Tul. Melanconis naumovii Gutner Melanconis nigrospora (Peck) Wehm. Melanconis nyssagena Ellis & Everh. Melanconis obruta Ellis & Everh. Melanconis occulta (Nitschke) Sacc. Melanconis ostryae (Dearn.) Wehm. Melanconis pallida (Rehm) Wehm. Melanconis perniciosa Briosi & Farneti Melanconis platystroma Wehm. Melanconis populina Feltgen Melanconis pterocaryae Kobay. Melanconis quercus Oudem. Melanconis ribincola Rehm Melanconis ribis (Henn. & Plöttn.) Sacc. & Trotter Melanconis salicina Ellis & Everh. Melanconis sigmoidea Cooke & Ellis Melanconis smilacis J.C. Gilman, L.C. Tiffany & R.M. Lewis Melanconis sorbicola Kirschst. Melanconis sphaerospermum Melanconis spodiaceae Melanconis spodiae Tul. Melanconis spodiaea Tul. & C. Tul. Melanconis stellata (Petch) Wehm. Melanconis stilbostoma (Fr.) Tul. Melanconis sudans (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Wehm. Melanconis sulfurea (Fuckel) Petr. Melanconis sulphurea (Fuckel) Petr. Melanconis taleola (Fr.) Speg. Melanconis thelebola (Fr.) Sacc. Melanconis tiliacea (Ellis) Ellis & Everh. Melanconis tiliae (Pers.) anon. ined. Melanconis umbonata C. Tul. & Tul. Melanconis xanthostroma (Tul.) J. Schröt.
Cybertruffle Resources:		Cyberliber Cumulative Index Biological Records Database (5 records)
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]