Waitea
Sign in to saveWaitea 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.
Species
Genus
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderGobiiformes
- FamilyGobiidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 4
- Family
- Gobiidae
- Collections
- USNM, AM
- Recorded in
- Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Unknown Or Invalid
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Corticiaceae
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- taxon name
- Waitea
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxonomic type
- Waitea circinata
- taxon author citation
- P.H.B.Talbot & Warcup
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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.
==References==
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