Echinodontium
Encyclopedia
Echinodontium is a genus
of fungi in the family
Echinodontiaceae
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Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of fungi in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Echinodontiaceae
Echinodontiaceae
The Echinodontiaceae are a family of fungi in the order Russulales. Species of this family have a widespread distribution, although they are especially predominant in north temperate zones...
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Species
- Echinodontium ballouii (Banker) H.L. Gross (1964)
- Echinodontium japonicum Imazeki (1935)
- Echinodontium ryvardenii Bernicchia & Piga (1998)
- Echinodontium tinctoriumEchinodontium tinctoriumEchinodontium tinctorium is a plant pathogen. It is commonly known as the Indian paint fungus.Some Plateau Indian tribes applied it to skin to prevent it from chapping.-External links:*...
(Ellis & Everh.) Ellis & Everh. (1900) - Echinodontium tsugicola (Henn. & Shirai) Imazeki (1935)