Brunneocorticium is a genus of fungi which following DNA analysis has been placed in the family Omphalotaceae.[2] The genus, described in 2007, contains two corticioid species and one species (B. corynecarpon) which does not seem to have any fruiting body.[3][4][1]
| Brunneocorticium | |
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| Brunneocorticium corynecarpon | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Omphalotaceae |
| Genus: | Brunneocorticium Sheng H. Wu (2007) |
| Type species | |
| Brunneocorticium pyriforme Sheng H. Wu (2007)
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| Species | |
Whilst B. bisporum is a crust fungus, B. corynecarpon is known only from its sterile flat mycelial threads (rhizomorphs) with knob-like side-shoots which spread in the rain-forest canopy. They trap leaf-litter and harm the shrubs and trees on which they grow, as well as sometimes being used by birds as nesting material. B. corynecarpon has been observed in Suriname, Belize, Guyana, Peru, and Brazil.[1]
References
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- ^ Kalichman J, Kirk PM, Matheny PB (2020). "A compendium of generic names of agarics and Agaricales". Taxon. 69 (3): 425–447. doi:10.1002/tax.12240. S2CID 225585833.
- ^ Wu SH, Wang DM, Tschen E (2007). "Brunneocorticium pyriforme, a new corticioid fungal genus and species belonging to the euagarics clade". Mycologia. 99 (2): 302–309. doi:10.3852/mycologia.99.2.302. PMID 17682783.
- ^ Nakasone KK, Hibbett DS, Goranova G (2009). "Neocampanella, a new corticioid fungal genus, and a note on Dendrothele bispora". Botany. 87 (9): 875–882. doi:10.1139/B09-046.