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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:

Nouns denoting plants

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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