Athelia arachnoidea

Athelia arachnoidea
Athelia arachnoidea growing on Thuja orientalis in Lasi, Romania
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Atheliales
Family: Atheliaceae
Genus: Athelia
Species:
A. arachnoidea
Binomial name
Athelia arachnoidea
(Berk.) Jülich, (1972)
Synonyms

Athelia arachnoidea is a corticioid fungus in the family Atheliaceae. The species forms thin, white, cobwebby basidiocarps (fruit bodies) and typically occurs saprotrophically on leaf litter and fallen wood. It can, however, also be a facultative parasite of lichens and can additionally be a plant pathogen (typically found in its asexual Fibularhizoctonia carotae state), causing "crater rot" of stored carrots.