Waitea
| Waitea | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Corticiales |
| Family: | Corticiaceae |
| Genus: | Waitea Warcup & P.H.B. Talbot (1962) |
| Type species | |
| Waitea circinata Warcup & P.H.B. Talbot (1962) | |
| Species | |
|
Waitea agrostidis J.A. Crouch & Cubeta (2021) | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Chrysorhiza T.F. Andersen & Stalpers (1996) | |
Waitea is a genus of fungi in the family Corticiaceae. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are corticioid, thin, effused, and web-like, but species are more frequently encountered in their similar but sterile anamorphic states. Several species are plant pathogens, causing commercially significant damage to cereal crops and amenity turf grass.