Echinodontium tinctorium

Echinodontium tinctorium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Russulales
Family: Echinodontiaceae
Genus: Echinodontium
Species:
E. tinctorium
Binomial name
Echinodontium tinctorium
(Ellis & Everh.) Ellis & Everh. (1900) [as tinctorius]
Synonyms
  • Fomes tinctorius Ellis & Everh. (1895)
  • Hydnum tinctorium (Ellis & Everh.) Lloyd (1898)
  • Scindalma tinctorium (Ellis & Everh.) Kuntze (1898)
  • Hydnofomes tinctorius (Ellis & Everh.) Lloyd (1920)
Echinodontium tinctorium
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Teeth on hymenium
No distinct cap
Hymenium attachment is irregular or not applicable
Lacks a stipe
Spore print is white
Ecology is parasitic
Edibility is inedible

Echinodontium tinctorium, commonly known as the Indian paint fungus or toothed conk,[1] is a species of fungus in the family Echinodontiaceae. It is a plant pathogen. Found on tree species such as grand fir (and indicating a rotten core).[2]

  1. ^ Arora, David (1986). Mushrooms demystified: a comprehensive guide to the fleshy fungi (Second ed.). Berkeley: Ten Speed Press. ISBN 978-0-89815-169-5.
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