Austrobasidium

{{Short description|Genus of fungi}}{{Taxobox

| regnum = Fungi

| image = 2008-12-07 Austrobasidium pehueldeni Palfner 32150.jpg

| image_caption = Austrobasidium pehueldeni

| divisio = Basidiomycota

| classis = Exobasidiomycetes

| ordo = Exobasidiales

| familia = Exobasidiaceae

| genus = Austrobasidium

| genus_authority = Palfner

| type_species = Austrobasidium pehueldeni

| type_species_authority = Palfner

}}

Austrobasidium is a genus of fungi in the Exobasidiaceae family. The genus is monotypic and contains the single species Austrobasidium pehueldeni, found parasitizing the woody plant Hydrangea serratifolia in Chile.{{cite journal |author=Palfner G. |year=2006 |title=Austrobasidium, a new gall-forming genus of Exobasidiaceae (Exobasidiales, Basidiomycota) on Hydrangea serratifolia from Chile|doi=10.1071/SB05026 |journal=Australian Systematic Botany |volume=19 |issue=5 |pages=431–36|bibcode=2006AuSyB..19..431P |hdl=10533/178202 |hdl-access=free }}