Camillea

Camillea
	Camillea mucronata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Sordariomycetes
Order:	Xylariales
Family:	Graphostromataceae
Genus:	Camillea; Fr. (1849)
Type species
	Camillea leprieurii; Mont. (1849)
Synonyms
	Bacillaria Mont. (1840); Diatrype subgen. Nummularoidea Cooke & Massee (1892); Diatrypeopsis Speg. (1884); Jongiella M.Morelet (1971); Nummularioidea (Cooke & Massee) Lloyd (1924);

Camillea is a genus of fungi in the family Graphostromataceae. Collectively, the 40+ species in the genus have a widespread distribution, but are especially prevalent in tropical areas. Fruit bodies of Camillea species tend to be cylindrical in shape. The genus was originally circumscribed by Swedish mycologist Elias Fries in his 1849 work Summa vegetabilium Scandinaviae.

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