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CORTICIUM
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Genus of fungi having simple smooth sporophores; some are parasitic on wood or economic crops; some species formerly placed in form genus Rhizoctinia
Synonyms:
Corticium; genus Corticium
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Corticium" is a kind of...):
fungus genus (includes lichen genera)
Meronyms (members of "Corticium"):
Corticium salmonicolor; pink disease fungus (fungus causing pink disease in citrus and coffee and rubber trees etc)
bottom rot fungus; Corticium solani (fungus causing bottom rot in lettuce)
Holonyms ("Corticium" is a member of...):
family Thelephoraceae; Thelephoraceae (fungi having leathery or membranous sporophores)
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