Laurobasidium is a genus of fungi in the Exobasidiaceae family.

One is Laurobasidium lauri, found in Europe and described by W. Jülich in 1982,[1] and another is L. hachijoense, found in Hachijō-jima, Japan and described in 1985.

[2] Laurobasidium lauri grows solely on laurel (genus Laurus), Laurus novocanariensis on Madeira and the Canary Islands[3] and Laurus nobilis on the western Iberian Peninsula.

L. hachijoense grows solely on the Japanese cinnamon, Cinnamomum japonicum.

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