Corticium

noun

genus of fungi having simple smooth sporophores; some are parasitic on wood or economic crops; some species formerly placed in form genus Rhizoctinia

• Syn: ↑genus Corticium

• Hypernyms: ↑fungus genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Thelephoraceae, ↑family Thelephoraceae

• Member Meronyms: ↑pink disease fungus, ↑Corticium salmonicolor, ↑bottom rot fungus, ↑Corticium solani

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\\kȯ(r)ˈtis(h)ēəm\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin cortic-, cortex bark + New Latin -ium — more at cuirass

: a genus of basidiomycetous fungi (family Thelephoraceae) that are distinguished by a simple smooth-surfaced prostrate or resupinate sporophore and that include a number of forms parasitic on wood or on economic crops — see bottom rot 1, pink disease, rhizoctonia