''Brunneocorticium'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

fungi A fungus (: fungi , , , or ; or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and mold (fungus), molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as one ...

which following DNA analysis has been placed in the family

Omphalotaceae The Omphalotaceae are a family (biology), family of fungi in the order (biology), order Agaricales. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are most frequently agarics (gilled mushrooms), but occasionally corticioid (in the genus ''Brunneocorticium'') or por ...

. The genus, described in 2007, contains two

corticioid The corticioid fungi are a group of fungi in the Basidiomycota typically having effused, smooth basidiocarps (fruit bodies) that are formed on the undersides of dead tree trunks or branches. They are sometimes colloquially called crust fungi or pa ...

species and one species (''B. corynecarpon'') which does not seem to have any fruiting body. Whilst ''B. bisporum'' is a

crust fungus The corticioid fungi are a group of fungi in the Basidiomycota typically having effused, smooth basidiocarps (fruit bodies) that are formed on the undersides of dead tree trunks or branches. They are sometimes colloquially called crust fungi or pa ...

, ''B. corynecarpon'' is known only from its sterile flat

mycelial Mycelium (: mycelia) is a root-like structure of a fungus consisting of a mass of branching, thread-like hyphae. Its normal form is that of branched, slender, entangled, anastomosing, hyaline threads. Fungal colonies composed of mycelium are fou ...

threads ( rhizomorphs) with knob-like side-shoots which spread in the rain-forest canopy. They trap leaf-litter and harm the shrubs and trees on which they grow, as well as sometimes being used by birds as nesting material. ''B. corynecarpon'' has been observed in Suriname, Belize, Guyana, Peru, and Brazil.

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q4979077 Omphalotaceae Agaricales genera Taxa described in 2007