fungus genus - includes lichen genera

family Thelephoraceae, Thelephoraceae - fungi having leathery or membranous sporophores

Pellicularia filamentosa, potato fungus, Rhizoctinia solani - fungus causing a disease in potatoes characterized by black scurfy spots on the tubers

coffee fungus, Pellicularia koleroga - fungus causing a disease in coffee and some other tropical plants