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The Melanotaeniaceae are a family of smut fungi in the order Ustilaginomycetes, containing three genera.

It includes species such as smut fungus Melanotaenium cingens which was found parasitizing Linaria genistifolia (Plantaginaceae family) on Chornomorsky (Tendra Island, Kherson Oblast, Ukraine) in 2007.

References

1. Begerow, D.; Bauer, R.; Oberwinkler, F. (1998). "Phylogenetic studies on nuclear large subunit ribosomal DNA sequences of smut fungi and related taxa". Canadian Journal of Botany. 75 (12): 2045–2056. doi:10.1139/b97-916.
2. Kirk, P.M.; et al. (2008). Ainsworth & Bisby's dictionary of the fungi. with the assistance of T.V. Andrianova (10th ed.). Wallingford, Oxon, UK: CABI. p. 730. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
3. Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, Laith Khalil Tawfeeq; Somayeh, Dolatabadi; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny; et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere. 11: 1060–1456. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8. hdl:10481/61998.
4. Savchenko, Kyryll; Heluta, Vasyl (January 2010). "Melanotaenium cingens (Back) Magnus (Melanotaeniaceae, Ustilaginales), a new species in Ukraine ". Ukrainian Botanical Journal. 67 (5): 721–724.

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