Genus Corticium Schmidt, 1862

Definition. THIN ENcRUSTINg TO MASSIVE PLAkINIdS, WITH SPIcULES ALWAyS INcLUdINg cANdELAbRA. SMOOTH OR SPINEd dIOdS, TRIOdS ANd cALTHROPS, ANd LOPHOSE cALTHROPS cAN ALSO bE PRESENT (AMENdEd fROM MURIcy & DÍAZ 2002).

Type species. Corticium candelabrum ScHMIdT, 1862 .