Ceratobasidium ochroleucum
| Ceratobasidium ochroleucum | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Cantharellales |
| Family: | Ceratobasidiaceae |
| Genus: | Ceratobasidium |
| Species: | C. ochroleucum |
| Binomial name | |
| Ceratobasidium ochroleucum (F. Noack) Ginns & M.N.L. Lefebvre (1993) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Hypochnopsis ochroleuca F. Noack (1898) | |
Ceratobasidium ochroleucum is a species of fungus in the family Ceratobasidiaceae. Basidiocarps are effused and web-like and were originally described from Brazil, causing a thread blight of apple and quince trees. The fungus was subsequently reported as a leaf disease on orchard crops in North America, but since descriptions of Ceratobasidium orchroleucum vary considerably and no type specimen exists, its identity remains unclear. Roberts (1999) considered it a "nomen dubium".