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Athelia (fungus)

Athelia
Athelia neuhoffii - Lindsey.jpg
Athelia neuhoffii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Atheliales
Family: Atheliaceae
Genus: Athelia
Pers. (1818)
Type species
Athelia epiphylla
Pers. (1818)

Athelia is a genus of corticioid fungi in the family Atheliaceae. Some species are facultative parasites of plants (including crops) and of lichens. The widespread genus contains 28 species. However, Athelia rolfsii was found to belong in the Amylocorticiales in a molecular phylogenetics study, but has yet not been renamed.

Athelia in Index Fungorum



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