Kingdom Fungi Family Atheliaceae Rank Genus | Division Basidiomycota Higher classification Atheliaceae Order Atheliales | |
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Similar Athelia rolfsii, Atheliales, Athelia arachnoidea, Leptosporomyces, Amphinema | ||
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.
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