Echinodontium

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]

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