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Echinodontium

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Echinodontium
Echinodontium tinctorium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Russulales
Family: Echinodontiaceae
Genus: Echinodontium
Ellis & Everh. (1900)
Type species
Echinodontium tinctorium
(Ellis & Everh.) Ellis & Everh. (1900)
Synonyms[1]

Echinodontium is a genus of fungi in the family Echinodontiaceae. The genus was published by American mycologist Job Bicknell Ellis in 1900, who described it thus: "Differs from Hydnum in the thick, woody pileus of Fomes and the teeth beset with spines, as in Mucronophorus and Hymenochaete".[4] The type species, Echinodontium tinctorium, is commonly known as the "indian paint fungus" owing to its traditional use for bodypainting.[5]

Species

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References

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  1. ^ "Echinodontium Ellis & Everh". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2014-10-18.
  2. ^ Hennings P. (1900). "Fungi japonici". Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie (in German). 28: 259–80.
  3. ^ Clements FE. (1909). "The Genera of Fungi". Minneapolis: H.W. Wilson: 108. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ^ Ellis JB, Everhart BM. (1900). "New species of fungi from various localities with notes on some published species". Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. 27 (2): 49–64. doi:10.2307/2478343. JSTOR 2478343.
  5. ^ Pacioni G. (1981). Simon & Schuster's Guide to Mushrooms. Simon and Schuster. p. 311. ISBN 978-0-671-42849-5.
  6. ^ Bernicchia A, Piga A. (1998). "A new species of Echinodontium from Italy". Mycotaxon. 68: 483–92.
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