Waitea is a genus of fungi in the family Corticiaceae. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are corticioid, thin, effused, and web-like, but species are more frequently encountered in their similar but sterile anamorphic states. Several species are plant pathogens, causing commercially significant damage to cereal crops and amenity turf grass.[1][2]

Waitea
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Corticiales
Family: Corticiaceae
Genus: Waitea
Warcup & P.H.B. Talbot (1962)
Type species
Waitea circinata
Warcup & P.H.B. Talbot (1962)
Species

Waitea agrostidis J.A. Crouch & Cubeta (2021)
Waitea arvalis (Burds.) Ghobad-Nejhad (2020)
Waitea guianensis G. Gruhn & Ghobad-Nejhad (2020)
Waitea oryzae J.A. Crouch & Cubeta (2021)
Waitea prodiga J.A. Crouch & Cubeta (2021)
Waitea zeae (Voorhees) J.A. Crouch & Cubeta (2021)

Synonyms

Chrysorhiza T.F. Andersen & Stalpers (1996)

References

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  1. ^ Roberts P. (1999). Rhizoctonia-forming fungi. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens. ISBN 1-900347-69-5.
  2. ^ Stalpers, J.A.; Redhead, S.A.; May, T.W.; et al. (2021). "Competing sexual-asexual generic names in Agaricomycotina (Basidiomycota) with recommendations for use". IMA Fungus. 12 (22): 3. doi:10.1186/s43008-021-00061-3. PMC 8359032. PMID 34380577.
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