Economic Importance
Several species within the Corticiaceae are commercially important pathogens of crops or turf grass. Erythricium salmonicolor attacks woody commercial crops (citrus, coffee, rubber, etc.) in the tropics, causing "pink disease". Waitea circinata is also a pathogen, causing diseases of cereal crops, including "sheath spot" of rice. The same fungus also causes "brown ring patch" in turf grasses. Laetisaria fuciformis is the cause of "red thread" disease in turf grass, whilst Limonomyces roseipellis is the cause of "pink patch" disease.
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