Corticium roseum Pers. is a fungus in the Corticiaceae family, order Corticiales, kingdom Fungi. Not known to be toxic.

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Corticium roseum Pers.

Corticium roseum Pers.

Corticium roseum is a pink corticioid fungus in Corticiaceae, widespread in temperate zones, found on dead Salix and Populus branches in Europe.

Family
Genus
Corticium
Order
Corticiales
Class
Agaricomycetes

About Corticium roseum Pers.

Corticium roseum Pers. is a fungus species that belongs to the family Corticiaceae. Its basidiocarps, also called fruit bodies, are effused, smooth, corticioid, and pink in color. This species has a broad distribution across both northern and southern temperate regions. In Europe, it most commonly grows on dead, still-attached branches of Salix and Populus trees.

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Taxonomy

Fungi Basidiomycota Agaricomycetes Corticiales Corticiaceae Corticium

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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