''Corallomycetella'' 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 ...

ascomycete Ascomycota is a phylum of the kingdom Fungi that, together with the Basidiomycota, forms the subkingdom Dikarya. Its members are commonly known as the sac fungi or ascomycetes. It is the largest phylum of Fungi, with over 64,000 species. The def ...

fungi in the family

Nectriaceae The Nectriaceae comprise a family of fungi in the order Hypocreales. It was circumscribed by brothers Charles and Louis René Tulasne in 1865. In 2020, an Outline of fungi was produced and listed 70 genera and about 1,336 species. It is a highl ...

. Species of ''Corallomycetella'' are tropical, and are characterized by the formation of brightly colored

rhizomorphs Mycelial cords are linear aggregations of parallel-oriented hyphae. The mature cords are composed of wide, empty vessel hyphae surrounded by narrower sheathing hyphae. Cords may look similar to plant roots, and also frequently have similar functi ...

of their rhizostilbella-like asexual morphs. These fungi causes a number of plant diseases including 'violet root rot' of ''

Theobroma cacao ''Theobroma cacao'' (cacao tree or cocoa tree) is a small ( tall) evergreen tree in the Malvaceae family. Its seedscocoa beansare used to make chocolate liquor, cocoa solids, cocoa butter and chocolate. Although the tree is native to the tropi ...

'', root rot of ''

Carica papaya The papaya (, ), papaw, () or pawpaw () is the plant species ''Carica papaya'', one of the 21 accepted species in the genus ''Carica'' of the family Caricaceae, and also the name of its fruit. It was first domesticated in Mesoamerica, within ...

'', and 'stinking root disease' of several tropical woody plants. Two species of ''Corallomycetella'' are recognized: '' Corallomycetella elegans'' (Berk. and M.A. Curtis) C. Herrera & P. Chaverri and '' Corallomycetella repens'' (Berk. & Broome) Rossman & Samuels. '' Corallomycetella jatrophae'' is now classified under ''

Corallonectria ''Corallonectria'' is a genus of ascomycete fungi in the family Nectriaceae. Species of ''Corallonectria'' are Neotropical. These fungi are characterized by the formation of brightly colored rhizomorphs and of copulated synnematous fusarium-li ...

''.

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* Nectriaceae Nectriaceae genera Taxa named by Paul Christoph Hennings {{Hypocreales-stub