''Erythromyces'' is a genus of fungi 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 currently contains only the
type species
In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen ...
, ''
Erythromyces crocicreas''.
References
Hymenochaetaceae
Monotypic Basidiomycota genera
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