''Waitea'' is a
genus of
fungi in the family
Corticiaceae
The Corticiaceae are a family of fungi in the order Corticiales. The family formerly included almost all the corticioid (patch- or crust-forming) fungi, whether they were related or not, and as such was highly artificial. In its current sense, ...
.
Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are
corticioid, thin, effused, and web-like, but species are more frequently encountered in their similar but sterile
anamorph
In mycology, the terms teleomorph, anamorph, and holomorph apply to portions of the life cycles of fungi in the phyla Ascomycota and Basidiomycota:
*Teleomorph: the sexual reproductive stage (morph), typically a fruiting body.
*Anamorph: an ase ...
ic states. Several species are
plant pathogens
Plant pathology (also phytopathology) is the scientific study of diseases in plants caused by pathogens (infectious organisms) and environmental conditions (physiological factors). Organisms that cause infectious disease include fungi, oomyc ...
, causing commercially significant damage to cereal crops and amenity
turf grass.
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References
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Corticiales
Agaricomycetes genera
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