Kingdom Fungi Class Agaricomycetes Family Steccherinaceae Scientific name Steccherinum ochraceum | Division Basidiomycota Order Polyporales Genus Steccherinum Rank Species | |
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Similar Steccherinum, Stereum subtomentosum, Byssomerulius, Stereum hirsutum, Cylindrobasidium | ||
Steccherinum ochraceum fungi kingdom
Steccherinum ochraceum, known as ochre spreading tooth, is a hydnoid fungus of the family Steccherinaceae. It is a plant pathogen infecting sweetgum trees. 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.
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