Melanomma (fungus)

Melanomma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Dothideomycetes
Subclass:	Pleosporomycetidae
Order:	Pleosporales
Family:	Melanommataceae
Genus:	Melanomma Nitschke ex Fuckel

Melanomma is a genus of fungi in the family Melanommataceae.^[1] It probably evolved from a lichen ancestor, as it is closely related to many lichenized species of fungi.^[2]

References

1. ^ Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet (The Field Museum, Department of Botany, Chicago, USA) 13: 1–58. http://www.fieldmuseum.org/myconet/outline.asp. 
2. ^ Esslinger, T. L. 2009. A cumulative checklist for the lichen-forming, lichenicolous and allied fungi of the continental United States and Canada. North Dakota State University. First posted December 1 1997; most recent update 27 August, 2009. Fargo, North Dakota.