Athelia (fungus)

Athelia
Athelia neuhoffii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Amylocorticiales[1]
Family:	Amylocorticiaceae
Genus:	Athelia Pers. (1818)
Type species
Athelia epiphylla Pers. (1818)

Athelia is a genus of corticioid fungi in the family Amylocorticiaceae. Some species are facultative parasites of plants (including crops) and of lichens.^[2] The widespread genus contains 28 species.^[3]

Selected species

• Athelia arachnoidea
• Athelia rolfsii

References

1. ^ Binder M, Larsson K-H, Matheny PB, Hibbett DS. (2010). "Amylocorticiales ord. nov. and Jaapiales ord. nov.: Early diverging clades of Agaricomycetidae dominated by corticioid forms". Mycologia 102 (4): 865–80. doi:10.3852/09-288. PMID 20648753. 
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.
3. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 66. ISBN 9780851998268. 

External links

Athelia (fungus) in Index Fungorum.