Erythricium salmonicolor is a species of fungus in the family Corticiaceae, producing effused, corticioid, smooth, pinkish basidiocarps on wood. It is a commercially significant plant pathogen, especially in Brazil, causing Pink Disease in a wide range of hosts including citrus, rubber and cacao trees. Pink Disease produces branch and stem die-back through canker formation, with cankers recognizable by gum exudation and longitudinal splitting of the bark. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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In Ghana, E. salmonicolor is of significant importance, as the country is the second largest producer of cocoa worldwide, as well as where cocoa was introduced as a crop in 1878.
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Erythricium salmonicolor is a species of fungus in the family Corticiaceae, producing effused, corticioid, smooth, pinkish basidiocarps on wood.
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