Corticium (fungus)
| Corticium | |
|---|---|
| Corticium roseum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Corticiales |
| Family: | Corticiaceae |
| Genus: | Corticium Pers. (1794) |
| Type species | |
| Corticium roseum Pers. (1794) | |
| Species | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Laeticorticium Donk (1956) | |
Corticium is a genus of fungi in the family Corticiaceae. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are effused, corticioid, smooth, and grow on dead wood. One species, C. silviae, is lichenicolous. The genus was formerly used in a very wide sense for almost any effused corticioid fungi.