Erythricium | |
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Erythricium laetum | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Corticiales |
Family: | Corticiaceae |
Genus: |
Erythricium J. Erikss. & Hjortstam (1970) |
Type species | |
Erythricium laetum | |
Species | |
E. atropatanum | |
Synonyms | |
Marchandiobasidium Diederich & Schultheis (2003) |
Erythricium is a
genus of
fungi in the
family
Corticiaceae.
Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are effused,
corticioid, and grow on wood or are
lichenicolous.
Erythricium salmonicolor
is a widespread and commercially significant
plant pathogen causing "pink disease" of
Citrus and other trees.
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