Fungalpedia – Note 3206, Atheliaceae

 

Atheliaceae. Jülich.

Citation when using this data: Jayawardena RS et al. 2023 – Fungalpedia.

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Classification:   Atheliales , Agaricomycetidae, Agaricomycetes, Agaricomycotina, Basidiomycota, Fungi

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 (Athelia arachnoidea) (Sulistyo et al. 2021).

Type genus: Athelia Pers., Traité champ. Comest. (Paris): 57 (1818)

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Atheliaceae.

 

References

Sulistyo BP, Larsson KH, Haelewaters D, Ryberg M 2021 – Multigene phylogeny and taxonomic revision of Atheliales sl: Reinstatement of three families and one new family. Lobuliciaceae Fam Nov Fungal Biol 125:239–255.

Wijayawardene NN, Hyde KD, Dai DQ, Sánchez-García M, et al. 2022 – Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa – 2021. Mycosphere 13:53–453.

 

Entry by

Jayawardena Ruvishika Shehali, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, 57100, Thailand

 

Published online  18 September 2026

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