Moniliophthora

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title: "Moniliophthora" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["marasmiaceae", "agaricales-genera"] description: "Genus of fungi" topic_path: "general/marasmiaceae" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moniliophthora" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Genus of fungi ::

| image = Crinipellis perniciosa mushroom.jpg | image_caption = Moniliophthora perniciosa | taxon = Moniliophthora | authority = H.C.Evans, Stalpers, Samson & Benny (1978) | type_species = Moniliophthora roreri | type_species_authority = (Cif.) H.C.Evans, Stalpers, Samson & Benny (1978) | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = see text

Moniliophthora is a genus of fungi in the family Marasmiaceae. The genus was described in 1978 with M. roreri as the type species. This fungus, formerly known as Monilia roreri, causes frosty pod rot, a serious disease of Theobroma cacao.

Moniliophthora is closely related to the genus Crinipellis, also having distinctive tiny hairs on the cap surface, but is distinguished by having a flexible stem and a reddish coloration of the fruiting body.

Species

MycoBank lists the following:

• M. aurantiaca
• M. canescens
• M. conchata
• M. marginata
• M. nigrilineata
• M. perniciosa
• M. roreri

References

References

1. [http://www.mycobank.org/Biolomics.aspx?Table=Mycobank&MycoBankNr_=18070 MycoBank: Moniliophthora (retrieved 29 June 2019)]
2. (2014). "Three new species of ''Crinipellis'' and one new variety of ''Moniliophthora'' (Basidiomycota, Marasmiaceae) described from the Republic of Korea". Phytotaxa.
3. (1978). "On the taxonomy of ''Monilia roreri'', an important pathogen of ''Theobroma cacao'' in South America". Canadian Journal of Botany.
4. (2009). "A monograph of the genera ''Crinipellis'' and ''Moniliophthora'' from Southeast Asia including a molecular phylogeny of the nrITS region". Fungal Diversity.
5. (2008). "Dictionary of the Fungi". CAB International.
6. (2020). "Studies of Neotropical tree pathogens in Moniliophthora: A new species, M. Mayarum, and new combinations for Crinipellis ticoi and C. Brasiliensis". MycoKeys.

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