The Corticiales are an order of fungi in the class Agaricomycetes. The order is composed of corticioid fungi. Species within the order are generally saprotrophic, most of them wood-rotters, but several are parasitic on grasses or lichens. Plant pathogens of economic importance include Erythricium salmonicolor, Laetisaria fuciformis, Waitea circinata, Waitea oryzae, and Waitea zeae.
Corticiales | |
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Erythricium laetum | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Corticiales K.-H. Larsson (2007) |
Families | |
Corticiaceae | |
Synonyms[1] | |
1907 Protohymeniales Lotsy |
The order was established in 2007 by Swedish mycologist Karl-Henrik Larsson, based on molecular phylogenetic research.[2] It includes the Corticiaceae (the type family) as well as the Dendrominiaceae, Punctulariaceae, and Vuilleminiaceae.[3]
The order is cosmopolitan and contains around 150 species of fungi worldwide.[4] The majority of species in the Corticiales are saprotrophs, most of them wood-rotters, typically found on dead attached branches. Some species of Laetisaria are facultative or obligate parasites of grasses; some species of Erythricium and Waitea are also facultative plant parasites; and some species of Erythricium. Laetisaria, and Marchandiomyces are parasites of lichens.[5]
Erythricium salmonicolor is an important plant pathogen causing "pink disease" of Citrus and other trees. Waitea oryzae and Waitea zeae are pathogens of commercial cereal crops, causing a number of diseases including sheath spot of rice.[6] Waitea circinata causes brown ring patch in turf grasses.[7] Laetisaria fuciformis is the cause of red thread disease in turf grass.[8]
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