Echinodontium

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Echinodontium
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Echinodontium tinctorium
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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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References

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  2. Hennings P. (1900). "Fungi japonici". Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie (in German). 28: 259–80.
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