Aphelida

{{Short description|Phylum of fungi}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Amoeboaphelidium.jpg

| image_alt = Amoeboid zoospore of Amoeboaphelidium protococcarum. ps = pseudopodium, m = mitochondrium, n = nucleus. Scale bar: 1 μm.

| image_caption = Amoeboid zoospore of Amoeboaphelidium protococcarum. ps = pseudopodium, m = mitochondrion, n = nucleus. Scale bar: 1 μm.

| taxon = Aphelidiaceae

| authority = Tedersoo et al. 2018{{citation|first1=Leho |last1=Tedersoo|first2=Santiago |last2=Sánchez-Ramírez|first3=Urmas |last3=Kõljalg |first4=Mohammad |last4=Bahram |first5=Markus |last5=Döring |first6=Dmitry |last6=Schigel |first7=Tom |last7=May |first8=Martin |last8=Ryberg |first9=Kessy |last9=Abarenkov|date=2018|title=High-level classification of the Fungi and a tool for evolutionary ecological analyses|journal=Fungal Diversity|volume=90|pages=135–159|doi=10.1007/s13225-018-0401-0|doi-access=free }}

| parent_authority = Tendersoo et al. 2018

| grandparent_authority = Tendersoo et al. 2018

| greatgrandparent_authority = Tendersoo et al. 2018

| subdivision_ranks = Genera

| subdivision =

• Amoebaphelidium
• Aphelidium
• Paraphelidium
• Pseudaphelidium

}}

Aphelida is a phylum of Fungi that appears to be the sister to true fungi.{{Cite journal |author=CAVALIER-SMITH, Thomas |title=Early evolution of eukaryote feeding modes, cell structural diversity, and classification of the protozoan phyla Loukozoa, Sulcozoa, and Choanozoa |journal=European Journal of Protistology |year=2013 |volume =49 |issue=2 |pages=115–178 |issn=0932-4739 |doi=10.1016/j.ejop.2012.06.001 |pmid=23085100}}{{citation | date=2016| author = Silar, Philippe| title = Protistes Eucaryotes: Origine, Evolution et Biologie des Microbes Eucaryotes| url=https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01263138|pages=1–462 |journal=HAL Archives-ouvertes }}