Name:		Melanotheca Fée, (1837) page 70 [basionym]
Accepted name:		Thelidium A. Massal.
Status:		Genus, lichen-forming
Taxonomic position:		Verrucariaceae Zenker [Family] Verrucariales Mattick ex D. Hawksw. & O.E. Erikss. [Order] Chaetothyriomycetidae Doweld [Subclass] Eurotiomycetes 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 Melanotheca acervulans Nyl. Melanotheca achariana (Spreng.) Fée Melanotheca aciculifera Nyl. Melanotheca aggregata (Fée) Müll. Arg. Melanotheca agminella Nyl. Melanotheca angolensis (Vain.) Dodge Melanotheca anomala A. Massal. Melanotheca anomaloides Melanotheca apogyra Nyl. Melanotheca arctecincta (Fée) Müll. Arg. Melanotheca arthoniella Nyl. Melanotheca arthonioides (Eschw.) Müll. Arg. Melanotheca arthonioides Nyl. Melanotheca arverna (Nyl.) Boistel Melanotheca brasiliensis Nyl. Melanotheca cameroonensis C.W. Dodge Melanotheca cinerata Zahlbr. Melanotheca cinnabarina (C. Knight ex F.M. Bailey) Shirley Melanotheca coactella Stirt. Melanotheca coccorum (A. Massal.) Zahlbr. Melanotheca collospora (Vain.) Zahlbr. Melanotheca concatervans (Nyl.) Zahlbr. Melanotheca connivens (Stirt.) Zahlbr. Melanotheca crotonoidea Nyl. Melanotheca cruenta (Mont.) Müll. Arg. Melanotheca cruentula (Nyl.) Zahlbr. Melanotheca cumingiana (Trevis.) Müll. Arg. Melanotheca diffusa Leight. Melanotheca duplex (Fée) Müll. Arg. Melanotheca eschweileri Zahlbr. Melanotheca esenbeckiana Fée Melanotheca feeana Müll. Arg. Melanotheca foveolata Müll. Arg. Melanotheca fusca (Kremp.) Müll. Arg. Melanotheca gelatinosa (Chevall.) Nyl. Melanotheca glomerulosa Arnold Melanotheca griseola (Vain.) Zahlbr. Melanotheca homostegia (Nyl.) H. Olivier Melanotheca inconspicua (C.F.W. Meissn.) Müll. Arg. Melanotheca indica Nyl. Melanotheca insidiosa (Nyl.) H. Olivier Melanotheca insularis Hulting Melanotheca irregularis Zahlbr. Melanotheca ischnobela Nyl. Melanotheca ischnosela Melanotheca ischobola Nyl. Melanotheca javanica (A. Massal.) Zahlbr. Melanotheca leightonii (A. Massal.) Kremp. Melanotheca leucotrypa (Nyl.) Müll. Arg. Melanotheca macularis (A. Massal.) Hampe Melanotheca melanophthalma (Mont.) Müll. Arg. Melanotheca negrosensis Herre Melanotheca nigeriensis C.W. Dodge Melanotheca obscurescens (Vain.) C.W. Dodge Melanotheca oculea Stizenb. Melanotheca ornata Müll. Arg. Melanotheca oxyspora Müll. Arg. Melanotheca polillensis (Vain.) Zahlbr. Melanotheca porosa C.W. Dodge Melanotheca purpurascens Müll. Arg. Melanotheca pusilla (Jatta) C.W. Dodge Melanotheca rhaphidiza Stirt. Melanotheca rizaiensis Melanotheca rubescens C. Knight Melanotheca rubra (C. Knight) C. Knight Melanotheca rubromaculata (Vain.) Zahlbr. Melanotheca simplicella Nyl. Melanotheca sinensis Kremp. Melanotheca stirtoniana Müll. Arg. Melanotheca subaggregata Zahlbr. Melanotheca subdissidens Melanotheca subgriseola Melanotheca subincruenta (Nyl.) Zahlbr. Melanotheca subpuncta Nyl. Melanotheca subsimplex Zahlbr. Melanotheca subsoluta Müll. Arg. Melanotheca superveniens Nyl. Melanotheca vainioensis Werner Melanotheca wrightii Müll. Arg.
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]