Corticiales

Corticiales
Erythricium laetum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Corticiales K.-H. Larsson (2007)
Families
Corticiaceae     Dendrominiaceae     Punctulariaceae     Vuilleminiaceae
Synonyms [1]
1907 Protohymeniales Lotsy 1998 Vuilleminiales Boidin, Mugnier & Canales

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 .

Taxonomy

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) ^[3] as well as the Dendrominiaceae, Punctulariaceae, and Vuilleminiaceae. ^[4]

Habitat and distribution

The order is cosmopolitan and contains around 150 species of fungi worldwide. ^[5] 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 . Some species of Laetisaria , and Marchandiomyces are parasites of lichens. ^[6]

Economic importance

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. ^[7] Waitea circinata causes brown ring patch in turf grasses. ^[8] Laetisaria fuciformis is the cause of red thread disease in turf grass. ^[9]

References

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2. Hibbett DS; et al. (2007). "A higher level phylogenetic classification of the Fungi". Mycological Research. 111 (5): 509–547. CiteSeerX   10.1.1.626.9582 . doi:10.1016/j.mycres.2007.03.004. PMID   17572334. S2CID   4686378.
3. Ghobad-Nejhad, Masoomeh; Langer, Ewald; Nakasone, Karen; Diederich, Paul; Nilsson, R. Henrik; Rajchenberg, Mario; Ginns, James (2021-08-25). "Digging Up the Roots: Taxonomic and Phylogenetic Disentanglements in Corticiaceae s.s. (Corticiales, Basidiomycota) and Evolution of Nutritional Modes". Frontiers in Microbiology. 12 704802. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.704802 . ISSN   1664-302X. PMC   8425454 . PMID   34512580.
4. Ghobad-Nejhad M; Nilsson RH; Hallenberg, Hallenberg, N (2010). "Phylogeny and taxonomy of the genus Vuilleminia (Basidiomycota) based on molecular and morphological evidence, with new insights into Corticiales". Taxon. 59 (5): 1519–1534. Bibcode:2010Taxon..59.1519G. doi:10.1002/tax.595016.
5. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. pp.  12–13. ISBN   978-0-85199-826-8.
6. Lawrey JD, Diederich P, Sikaroodi M, Gillevet PM (2010). "Remarkable nutritional diversity of basidiomycetes in the Corticiales". American Journal of Botany. 95 (7): 816–823. doi:10.3732/ajb.0800078. PMID   21632407.
7. Lanoiselet VM, Cother EJ, Ash GJ (2007). "Aggregate sheath spot and sheath spot of rice". Crop Protection. 26 (6): 799–808. Bibcode:2007CrPro..26..799L. doi:10.1016/j.cropro.2006.06.016.
8. Toda T, Mushika T, Hayakawa T, Tanaka A, Tani T, Hayakumachi M (2005). "Brown Ring Patch: A new disease on bentgrass caused by Waitea circinata var. circinata". Plant Disease. 89 (6): 536–542. Bibcode:2005PlDis..89..536T. doi: 10.1094/PD-89-0536 . PMID   30795375.
9. "Red Thread lawn disease - cause, symptoms and treatment" . Retrieved 2010-12-03.