Erythricium salmonicolor

TaxID: 206311

Basic Information

Erythricium salmonicolor

Pink Disease Fungus, Pink disease, pink disease fungus

Erythricium salmonicolor is a species of fungus in the family Corticiaceae. Basidiocarps are effused, corticioid, smooth, and pinkish and grow on wood. The fungus is a commercially significant plant pathogen which has become a serious problem, especially in Brazil. Erythricium salmonicolor causes Pink Disease, most commonly in Citrus, although E. salmonicolor has a wide host range including rubber and cacao trees. Pink Disease causes branch and stem die-back due to canker formation. The cankers are recognizable by gum exudation and longitudinal splitting of the bark.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Basidiomycota

Agaricomycetes

Corticiales

Corticiaceae

Erythricium

salmonicolor

Undefined

Photos (5 photos)

Erythricium salmonicolor
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(c) Leonora (Ellie) Enking@BY-SA
Erythricium salmonicolor
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(c) Leonora (Ellie) Enking@BY-SA
Erythricium salmonicolor
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(c) Mauricio Alpízar@BY-NC
Erythricium salmonicolor
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(c) Mauricio Alpízar@BY-NC
Erythricium salmonicolor
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(c) Mauricio Alpízar@BY-NC

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (4 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

Scientific Name Status
Citrus Host
Coffea Host
Hevea brasiliensis Host
Theobroma cacao Host

Quarantine Status (5 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Argentina Absent —
Egypt Abesent —
Paraguay Quarantine pests —
French Polynesia Quarantine pests —
Sudan Quarantine pests —

Distribution (0 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
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Unknown/Other

No distribution records available.

Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature