Echinodontium

Echinodontium
	Echinodontium tinctorium
Scientific classification
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
	Hydnofomes Henn. (1900); Hydnophysa Clem. (1909);

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[edit]

Echinodontium ballouii (Banker) H.L.Gross (1964) – New Jersey (USA)
Echinodontium japonicum Imazeki (1935) – Japan
Echinodontium ryvardenii Bernicchia & Piga (1998) – Italy^[6]
Echinodontium tinctorium (Ellis & Everh.) Ellis & Everh. (1900) – western North America
Echinodontium tsugicola (Henn. & Shirai) Imazeki (1935) – Japan

^ Hennings P. (1900). "Fungi japonici". Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie (in German). 28: 259–80.
^ Clements FE. (1909). "The Genera of Fungi". Minneapolis: H.W. Wilson: 108. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ "Echinodontium Ellis & Everh". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2014-10-18.
^ 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.
^ Pacioni G. (1981). Simon & Schuster's Guide to Mushrooms. Simon and Schuster. p. 311. ISBN 978-0-671-42849-5.
^ Bernicchia A, Piga A. (1998). "A new species of Echinodontium from Italy". Mycotaxon. 68: 483–92.

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