Granulobasidium vellereum

Granulobasidium vellereum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Cyphellaceae
Genus:	Granulobasidium
Species:	G. vellereum
Binomial name
	Granulobasidium vellereum; (Ellis & Cragin) Jülich (1979)
Synonyms
	Corticium vellereum Ellis & Cragin (1885); Corticium bresadolae Bourdot (1910); Hypochnicium vellereum (Ellis & Cragin) Parmasto (1968); Terana vellerea (Ellis & Cragin) Kuntze (1891);

Granulobasidium vellereum is a species of fungus in the family Cyphellaceae. A plant pathogen associated with white rot of angiospermous logs, slash, and living trees, it has been found in Sweden and Denmark, and in North America. Originally described as Corticium vellereum in 1885,^[1] it was transferred to the genus Granulobasidium by Walter Jülich in 1979.^[2]

References

^ Cragin, F.W. (1885). "Second contribution to the catalogue of the Hymenomycetes and Gasteromycetes of Kansas". Bulletin of the Washburn Laboratory of Natural History. 1: 65–67.
^ Jülich, W. (1979). "Studies in resupinate Basidiomycetes – V. On some new taxa". Persoonia. 10 (3): 325–36.

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