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Erythricium

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Erythricium
Erythricium laetum
Scientific classification Edit this 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
E. aurantiacum
E. hypnophilum
E. salmonicolor
E. vernum

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.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Ghobad-Nejhad M, Langer E, Nakasone K, Diederich P, Nilsson RH, Rajchenberg M, Ginns J (2021). "Digging Up the Roots: Taxonomic and Phylogenetic Disentanglements in Corticiaceae s.s. (Corticiales, Basidiomycota) and Evolution of Nutritional Modes". Front. Microbiol. 12: 704802. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2021.704802. PMC 8425454. PMID 34512580.
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