Corticiaceae Dendrominiaceae Punctulariaceae Vuilleminiaceae 1907 Protohymeniales Lotsy 1998 Vuilleminiales Boidin, Mugnier & Canales The Corticiales are an order of fungi in the class Agaricomycetes.

Species within the order are generally saprotrophic, most of them wood-rotters, but several are parasitic on grasses or lichens.

The order was established in 2007 by Swedish mycologist Karl-Henrik Larsson, based on molecular phylogenetic research.

[4] The majority of species in the Corticiales are saprotrophs, most of them wood-rotters, typically found on dead attached branches.

[5] Erythricium salmonicolor is an important plant pathogen causing "pink disease" of Citrus and other trees.