Cerocorticium
Genus of fungi
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Cerocorticium is a genus of seven species of crust fungi in the family Meruliaceae.
| Cerocorticium | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Polyporales |
| Family: | Meruliaceae |
| Genus: | Cerocorticium Henn. (1900) |
| Type species | |
| Cerocorticium bogoriense Henn. & E.Nyman (1900) | |
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C. calongei | |
Taxonomy
The genus was circumscribed by German mycologist Paul Christoph Hennings in 1900, as a member of the family Thelephoraceae. Hennings included two species, C. tjibodense, and the type, C. bogoriense, both collected on Java.[1] Later analysis of the type specimens showed that these two fungi were in fact the same species,[2] today known as C. molle.[3]
Description
The fruit bodies of Cerocorticium fungi are crust-like, and spread out on the substrate with a waxy texture. The spore-bearing surface is roughly even and light coloured. The hyphal system is monomitic, with translucent generative hyphae that have clamp connections. The basidia are relatively large and club-shaped, with a clamp at the base. Spores are smooth, translucent, and have a large apiculus.[2]
Species
As of April 2018[update], Index Fungorum accepts seven species of Cerocorticium:[4]
- Cerocorticium calongei Tellería (1985)[5]
- Cerocorticium canariense Manjón & G.Moreno (1982)[6]
- Cerocorticium molle (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Jülich (1975)
- Cerocorticium pseudomucidum (Petch) Jülich (1982)
- Cerocorticium roseolum (Parmasto) Jülich & Stalpers (1980)[7]
- Cerocorticium submolare (Parmasto) Jülich & Stalpers (1980)[7]
- Cerocorticium sulfureoisabellinum (Litsch.) Jülich & Stalpers (1980)[7]
