''Coltricia'' is a
genus
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of
fungi
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in the family
Hymenochaetaceae
The ''Hymenochaetaceae'' are a family of fungi in the order Hymenochaetales. The family contains several species that are implicated in many diseases of broad-leaved and coniferous trees, causing heart rot, canker and root diseases, and also esc ...
. It was
circumscribed
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Not every polyg ...
by
Samuel Frederick Gray
Samuel Frederick Gray (10 December 1766 – 12 April 1828) was a British botanist, mycologist, and pharmacologist. He was the father of the zoologists John Edward Gray and George Robert Gray.
Background
He was the son of Samuel Gray, a London s ...
in 1821.
Common name is "Tiger's Eye Fungus".
Species
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Coltricia abieticola''
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Coltricia africana''
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Coltricia albidipes''
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Coltricia arenicola''
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Coltricia australica''
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Coltricia bambusicola''
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Coltricia barbata''
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Coltricia cinnamomea''
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Coltricia confluens''
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Coltricia crassa''
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Coltricia cylindrospora''
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Coltricia duportii''
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Coltricia fibrosa''
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Coltricia focicola''
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Coltricia fonsecoensis''
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Coltricia fragilissima''
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Coltricia globispora''
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Coltricia grandispora''
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Coltricia hamata''
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Coltricia haskarlii''
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Coltricia kinabaluensis''
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Coltricia macropora''
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Coltricia minor''
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Coltricia montagnei''
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Coltricia oblectabilis''
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Coltricia opisthopus''
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Coltricia perennis''
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Coltricia permollis''
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Coltricia progressus''
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Coltricia pseudocinnamomea''
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Coltricia pyrophila''
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Coltricia salpincta''
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Coltricia spina''
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Coltricia strigosa''
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Coltricia strigosipes''
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Coltricia subfastosa''
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Coltricia subperennis''
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Coltricia truncicola''
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Coltricia tsugicola''
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Coltricia velutina''
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Coltricia verrucata''
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Coltricia weii''
References
Hymenochaetaceae
Agaricomycetes genera
Taxa named by Samuel Frederick Gray
Taxa described in 1821
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