Cerocorticium molle is a species of crust fungus in the family Meruliaceae.

Cerocorticium molle
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C. molle
Binomial name
Cerocorticium molle
(Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Jülich (1975)
Synonyms[5][6]
  • Corticium molle Berk. & M.A.Curtis (1868)
  • Corticium armeniacum Sacc. (1888)[1]
  • Terana armeniaca (Sacc.) Kuntze (1891)
  • Cerocorticium bogoriense Henn. & E.Nyman (1900)
  • Cerocorticium tjibodense Henn. & E.Nyman (1900)[2]
  • Chrysoderma alboluteum Boidin & Gilles (1991)
  • Corticium ceraceum Berk. & Ravenel ex Massee (1890)[3]
  • Corticium aureolum Bres. (1911)[4]

Taxonomy

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The fungus was first described by Miles Berkeley and Moses Ashley Curtis in 1868 as Corticium molle.[7] They described the fruit body of the type specimen as resembling "a thin coating of wax poured over the surface".[7] It was transferred to genus Cerocorticium by Walter Jülich in 1975.[8]

Habitat and distribution

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Cerocorticium molle grows on the dead bark and wood of a variety of angiosperms, and it has occasionally been recorded growing on or under the bark of living trees. It is found in tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Asia, North America, and South America.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Saccardo, P.A. (1888). Sylloge Hymenomycetum, Vol. II. Polyporeae, Hydneae, Thelephoreae, Clavarieae, Tremellineae. Sylloge Fungorum (in Latin). Vol. 6. p. 637.
  2. ^ Hennings, P. (1900). "Fungi monsunenses". Monsunia. 1: 139.
  3. ^ Massee, George E. (1890). "A monograph of the Thelephoraceae. Part II". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 27 (182): 150. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.1890.tb00802.x.  
  4. ^ Bresadola, G. (1911). "Fungi Congoenses". Annales Mycologici. 9: 266–276.
  5. ^ "GSD Species Synonymy: Cerocorticium molle (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Jülich". Species Fungorum. Kew Mycology. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
  6. ^ a b Nakasone, Karen K. (2015). "Taxonomic studies in Chrysoderma, Corneromyces, Dendrophysellum, Hyphoradulum, and Mycobonia" (PDF). Mycotaxon. 130 (2): 369–397. doi:10.5248/130.369. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-01-24. Retrieved 2018-06-10.  
  7. ^ a b Berkeley, M.J.; Curtis, M.A. (1869). "Fungi Cubenses (Hymenomycetes)". Journal of the Linnean Society. 10: 336–337.
  8. ^ Jülich, W. (1975). "On Cerocorticium P. Henn., a genus described from Java". Persoonia. 8 (2): 217–220.