Atheliella S.L. Liu & L.W. Zhou, gen. nov. Index Fungorum number: IF 901056; Mycobank number: MB 901056; Facesoffungi number: FoF 14802; Etymology – Atheliella (Lat.) referring to the close relationship with Athelia. Diagnosis – Characterized by the pellicular basidiomes with cracked and peeped out, brownish subiculum, loosely intertwined subicular hyphae, the absence of cystidia, and ellipsoid basidiospores. Basidiomes [...]
Atheliella conifericola S.L. Liu & L.W. Zhou, sp. nov. Index Fungorum number: IF 901057; Mycobank number: MB 901057; Facesoffungi number: FoF 14810; Figs. 1, 2 Etymology: conifericola (Lat.) referring to occurrence on conifers. Holotype: LWZ 20191104–36 (HMAS). Diagnosis: Characterized by the pellicular basidiomes with cracked and peeped out, brownish subiculum, loosely intertwined subicular hyphae, [...]
Athelopsis Oberw. ex Parmasto. Index Fungorum number: IF 17121; Mycobank number: MB 17121 Notes – Athelopsis, typed by A. glaucina, is characterized by the pellicular basidiomes, usually with yellowish or green tints and ellipsoid, allantoid to cylindrical basidiospores (Bernicchia and Gorjón 2010; Gorjón et al. 2011). Athelopsis is similar to Athelia in micromorphology, but differs in [...]
Athelopsis subglaucina S.L. Liu & L.W. Zhou, sp. nov. Index Fungorum number: IF 901055; Mycobank number: MB 901055; Facesoffungi number: FoF 1480; Figs. 1, 2 Etymology: subglaucina (Lat.) referring to the similarity to A. glaucina. Holotype: LWZ 20180512–13 (HMAS). Diagnosis: Differing from A. glaucina in whitish to ashgray basidiomes and wider basidiospores (Eriksson and [...]
Athelia naviculispora S.L. Liu & L.W. Zhou, sp. nov. Index Fungorum number: IF 901054; Mycobank number: MB 901054; Facesoffungi number: FoF 14808; Figs. 1, 2 Etymology – naviculispora (Lat.) referring to the navicular basidiospores. Holotype – LWZ 20200921-21a (HMAS). Diagnosis – Differing from other species of Athelia in the absence of cystidia and the presence of [...]
Athelia rolfsii (Curzi) C.C. Tu & Kimbr., Botanical Gazette Crawfordsville 139: 460 (1978) MycoBank number: MB 309351; Index Fungorum number: IF 309351; Faceoffungi number FoF 13394; Figs. 1, 2 Pathogenic on roots and stem of Lablab purpureus. Sexual morph: not determined. Asexual morph: numerous globoid sclerotial bodies were developed on the collar region of [...]
Athelia Pers., Traité champ. Comest. (Paris): 57 (1818) MycoBank number: MB 17118; Index Fungorum number: IF 17118; Facesoffungi number: FoF 11601; Athelia is a genus of corticioid fungi. Some species are facultative parasites of plants and of lichens (Sulistyo et al. 2021). A species of Athelia also engaged in a symbiotic relationship with termites (Reticulitermes), in [...]
Atheliaceae Jülich MycoBank number: MB 81737; Index Fungorum number: IF 81737; Facesoffungi number: FoF 09992; This is the type family of Atheliales. Jülich (1982) included the genera Athelopsis, Caerulicium, Confertobasidium, Leptosporomyces, and Luellia in Atheliaceae.Wijayawardena et al. (2022) accepted 20 genera in this family. Atheliaceae mainly consists with saprotrophic taxa, with one lichenicolous species [...]