Cheilymenia

{{Short description|Genus of fungi}}

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{{Taxobox

| name = Cheilymenia

| image = Cheilymenia spp 36744.jpg

| image_width = 240px

| image_caption = Cheilymenia spp.

| regnum = Fungi

| phylum = Ascomycota

| classis = Pezizomycetes

| ordo = Pezizales

| familia = Pyronemataceae

| genus = Cheilymenia

| genus_authority = Boud. (1885)

| type_species = Cheilymenia stercorea

| type_species_authority = (Pers.) Boud. (1907)

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = See text

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Cheilymenia is a genus of fungi in the family Pyronemataceae. The genus has a widespread distribution, especially in temperate regions, and contains 66 species,{{cite book |vauthors=Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA |title=Dictionary of the Fungi |edition=10th |publisher=CABI |location=Wallingford |year=2008|page=135|isbn=978-0-85199-826-8}} many very similar in appearance and habitat and only separable by microscopic features.*{{cite book | last = Buczacki | first = Stefan | author-link = Stefan Buczacki | title = Collins Guide to Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and Europe | publisher = HarperCollins | year = 1992 | page = 221 | isbn = 0-00-219978-5}}