Corticiales

Corticiales
Erythricium laetum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Corticiales K.-H. Larsson (2007)
Families
Corticiaceae    Dendrominiaceae    Punctulariaceae    Vuilleminiaceae
Synonyms[1]
1907 Protohymeniales Lotsy 1998 Vuilleminiales Boidin, Mugnier & Canales

The Corticiales are an order of fungi in the class Agaricomycetes. The order is composed of corticioid fungi. Species within the order are generally saprotrophic, most of them wood-rotters, but several are parasitic on grasses or lichens. Plant pathogens of economic importance include Erythricium salmonicolor, Laetisaria fuciformis, Waitea circinata, Waitea oryzae, and Waitea zeae.