| Erythricium | |
|---|---|
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| Erythricium laetum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Corticiales |
| Family: | Corticiaceae |
| Genus: | Erythricium J. Erikss. & Hjortstam (1970) |
| Type species | |
| Erythricium laetum | |
| Species | |
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E. atropatanum | |
| Synonyms | |
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Marchandiobasidium Diederich & Schultheis (2003) | |
Erythricium is a genus of fungi in the family Corticiaceae. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are effused, corticioid, and grow on wood or are lichenicolous. Erythricium salmonicolor
is a widespread and commercially significant plant pathogen causing "pink disease" of Citrus and other trees.[1]