Botryobasidium
| Botryobasidium | |
|---|---|
| Botryobasidium candicans | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Cantharellales |
| Family: | Botryobasidiaceae |
| Genus: | Botryobasidium Donk (1931) |
| Type species | |
| Botryobasidium subcoronatum | |
| Synonyms | |
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Botryobasidium is a genus of corticioid fungi belonging to the order Cantharellales. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are ephemeral and typically form thin, web-like, white to cream, effused patches on the underside of fallen branches, logs, and leaf litter. Several species form anamorphs producing chlamydospores. All species are wood- or litter-rotting saprotrophs and the genus has a worldwide distribution.