''Pseudolagarobasidium'' is a

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of nine species of

crust fungi 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 ...

in the family

Phanerochaetaceae The Phanerochaetaceae are a family of mostly crust fungi in the order Polyporales. Taxonomy Phanerochaetaceae was first conceived by Swedish mycologist John Eriksson in 1958 as the subfamily Phanerochaetoideae of the Corticiaceae. It was later ...

. It was

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in 1985. The

type species In International_Code_of_Zoological_Nomenclature, zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the spe ...

, '' P. leguminicola'', is associated with

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and

root rot Root rot is a condition in which anoxic conditions in the soil or potting media around the roots of a plant cause them to rot. This occurs due to excessive standing water around the roots.-Hydroponics Root Rot: What is It, How To Treat It, How ...

of the

mimosoid The Mimosoideae are a traditional subfamily of trees, herbs, lianas, and shrubs in the pea family (Fabaceae) that mostly grow in tropical and subtropical climates. They are typically characterized by having radially symmetric flowers, with petal ...

tree '' Leucaena leucocephala''. ''Pseudolagarobasidium'' species grow on wood, and may be

saprobe Saprotrophic nutrition or lysotrophic nutrition is a process of chemoheterotrophic extracellular digestion involved in the processing of decayed (dead or waste) organic matter. It occurs in saprotrophs, and is most often associated with fungi ...

endophyte An endophyte is an endosymbiont, often a bacterium or fungus, that lives within a plant for at least part of its life cycle without causing apparent disease. Endophytes are ubiquitous and have been found in all species of plants studied to date; ...

s, or

parasites Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives (at least some of the time) on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life. The en ...

Species

*'' Pseudolagarobasidium acaciicola'' Ginns (2006) – South Africa *'' Pseudolagarobasidium belizense'' Nakasone & D.L.Lindner (2012) *'' Pseudolagarobasidium calcareum'' (Cooke & Massee) Sheng H.Wu (1990) *'' Pseudolagarobasidium conspicuum'' (Pouzar) Nakasone (2015) *'' Pseudolagarobasidium leguminicola'' J.C.Jang & T.Chen (1985) *'' Pseudolagarobasidium modestum'' (Berk. ex Cooke) Nakasone & D.L.Lindner (2012) *'' Pseudolagarobasidium pronum'' (Berk. & Broome) Nakasone & D.L.Lindner (2012) *'' Pseudolagarobasidium pusillum'' Nakasone & D.L.Lindner (2012) *'' Pseudolagarobasidium venustum'' (Hjortstam & Ryvarden) Nakasone & D.L.Lindner (2012)

References

Phanerochaetaceae Polyporales genera Taxa described in 1985 {{Polyporales-stub