Steccherinum ochraceum

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

Steccherinum ochraceum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Polyporales
Family:
Steccherinaceae
Genus:
Steccherinum
Species:
S. ochraceum
Binomial name
Steccherinum ochraceum
(Pers.) Gray (1821)
Synonyms
List
  • Acia denticulata
  • Acia uda subsp. denticulata
  • Climacodon ochraceus
  • Gloiodon pudorinus
  • Hydnum daviesii
  • Hydnum decurrens
  • Hydnum denticulatum
  • Hydnum dichroum
  • Hydnum ochraceum
  • Hydnum pudorinum
  • Hydnum rhois
  • Irpex ochraceus
  • Irpex rhois
  • Leptodon ochraceus
  • Mycoacia denticulata
  • Mycoleptodon decurrens
  • Mycoleptodon dichrous
  • Mycoleptodon ochraceus
  • Mycoleptodon pudorinus
  • Mycoleptodon rhois
  • Odontia denticulata
  • Odontina denticulata
  • Sarcodontia denticulata
  • Steccherinum rhois

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 978-0-394-51992-0.
  2. Gray, S.F. (1821). A Natural Arrangement of British Plants. London, UK: Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy. p. 651.


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