Laurobasidium
Genus of fungi
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Laurobasidium is a genus of fungi in the Exobasidiaceae family. The genus contains two species. One is Laurobasidium lauri, found in Europe and described by W. Jülich in 1982,[1] and another is L. hachijoense, found in Hachijō-jima, Japan and described in 1985.[2]
| Laurobasidium | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Exobasidiomycetes |
| Order: | Exobasidiales |
| Family: | Exobasidiaceae |
| Genus: | Laurobasidium Jülich |
| Type species | |
| Laurobasidium lauri (Geyl.) Jülich | |
Laurobasidium lauri grows solely on laurel (genus Laurus), Laurus novocanariensis on Madeira and the Canary Islands[3] and Laurus nobilis on the western Iberian Peninsula. L. hachijoense grows solely on the Japanese cinnamon, Cinnamomum japonicum.[4]