Steccherinum ochraceum

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Steccherinum ochraceum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Polyporales
Family: Phanerochaetaceae
Genus: Steccherinum
Species: S. ochraceum
Binomial name
Steccherinum ochraceum
(Pers.) Gray (1821)
Synonyms

Steccherinum ochraceum, known as ochre spreading tooth, is a hydnoid fungus of the Phanerochaetaceae family. It is a plant pathogen.[1] It was originally described as Hydnum ochraceum by Johann Friedrich Gmelin in 1792, and later transferred to the genus Steccherinum in 1821 by Samuel Frederick Gray in 1821.[2]

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References

  1. Lincoff, Gary H. (2008). National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Mushrooms. New York, New York: Alfred A. Knopf. p. 437. ISBN 0-394-51992-2. 
  2. Gray SF. (1821). A Natural Arrangement of British Plants. London, UK: Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy. p. 651. 

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