Steccherinum is a widely distributed genus of toothed crust fungi in the family Steccherinaceae.[2]
Steccherinum | |
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Steccherinum ochraceum | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Polyporales |
Family: | Steccherinaceae |
Genus: | Steccherinum Gray (1821) |
Type species | |
Steccherinum ochraceum (Pers.) Gray (1821)
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Synonyms[1] | |
Steccherinum was circumscribed by Samuel Frederick Gray in his 1821 work A Natural Arrangement of British Plants.[3]
Steccherinum fungi have a range of fruit body morphologies, including resupinate (crust-like), effused-reflexed (crust-like with the edges extending outwards to form caps), or pileate with either a stipe or only a stipe-like base.
A 2008 estimate placed 33 species in Steccherinum.[4] As of June 2017[update], Index Fungorum accepts 50 species:[5]