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The Auriculariaceae accounts for most of the species in the Auriculariales, and all species in the family are wood-decaying fungi with gelatinous, crustaceous, or woody basidiomes. Many new taxa were published recently, but the taxonomy and phylogeny of the corticioid species in the Auriculariaceae are far from resolved. We undertook a comprehensive taxonomic and phylogenetic study of the family with emphasis on corticioid specimens collected from East and Southeast Asia. Phylogenetic analyses on concatenated ITS and 28S rDNA sequences of representative taxa of the Auriculariaceae and the genera <i>Eichleriella</i> and <i>Heteroradulum</i> were carried out that resolved five new lineages. <i>Heterocorticium</i> gen. nov. is established for two species with resupinate coriaceous basidiomes with smooth, pigmented hymenophores. Five new species, <i>H. bambusicola</i> (generic type), <i>H. latisporum</i>, <i>Eichleriella alpina</i>, <i>E. bambusicola,</i> and <i>Heteroradulum maolanense</i>, are described and illustrated. In addition, <i>Heterochaete delicata</i>, <i>H. discolor,</i> and <i>H. sinensis</i> are transferred to <i>Eichleriella</i>, whereas <i>H. roseola</i> is regarded as a synonym of <i>Kneiffia discolor (= H. discolor)</i>. <i>Eichleriella aculeobasidiata</i> is treated as a synonym of <i>Heterochaete sinensis</i> (= <i>E. sinensis</i>). <i>Heterochaete mussooriensis</i> is transferred to <i>Heteroradulum</i> with <i>Heteroradulum semis</i> as a heterotypic synonym. The present study contributes to the understanding of species diversity, taxonomy, and phylogeny of corticioid fungi in Asia.