Atheliaceae
Encyclopedia
The Atheliaceae are a family
of fungi in the monotypic
order Atheliales. Both the order and the family were described by W. Jülich in 1981. According to a 2008 estimate, the family contains 22 genera
and 106 species.
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
of fungi in the monotypic
Monotypic
In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group with only one biological type. The term's usage differs slightly between botany and zoology. The term monotypic has a separate use in conservation biology, monotypic habitat, regarding species habitat conversion eliminating biodiversity and...
order Atheliales. Both the order and the family were described by W. Jülich in 1981. According to a 2008 estimate, the family contains 22 genera
Genera
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and 106 species.
Genera
- Amphinema
- AtheliaAthelia (fungus)Athelia is a genus of corticioid fungi in the family Amylocorticiaceae. Some species are facultative parasites of plants and of lichens. The widespread genus contains 28 species....
- Athelicium
- Athelopsis
- Athelocystis (?)
- Butlerelfia
- Byssocorticium
- Byssoporia
- Digitatispora
- Elaphocephala
- Fibulomyces
- Hypochnella
- Hypochniciellum
- Leptosporomyces
- Lobulicium
- Lyoathelia
- Melzericium
- Mycostigma
- Piloderma
- Pteridomyces
- Taeniospora
- Tylospora