''Sarcodontia'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
toothed fungi in the family
Meruliaceae
The Meruliaceae are a family of fungi in the order Polyporales. According to a 2008 estimate, the family contains 47 genera and 420 species. , Index Fungorum accepts 645 species in the family.
Taxonomy
The family was formally circumscribed by E ...
. It was
circumscribed In geometry, a circumscribed circle for a set of points is a circle passing through each of them. Such a circle is said to ''circumscribe'' the points or a polygon formed from them; such a polygon is said to be ''inscribed'' in the circle.
* Circum ...
by Hungarian–Croatian mycologist
Stephan Schulzer von Müggenburg
Stephan Schulzer von Müggenburg (December 19, 1802 – February 5, 1892) was a Hungarian-Croatian army officer and mycologist. His first name is variably spelled Stefan, Stjepan or István.
Schulzer von Müggenburg was born into abject poverty ...
in 1866, with ''Sarcodontia mali'' as the
type species
In International_Code_of_Zoological_Nomenclature, zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the spe ...
.
Species
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Sarcodontia amplissima''
(Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Nakasone (2021)
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Sarcodontia delectans''
(Peck) Spirin (2001)
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Sarcodontia setosa''
(Pers.) Donk (1952)
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Sarcodontia spumea''
(Sowerby) Spirin (2001)
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Sarcodontia unicolor''
(Fr.) Zmitr. & Spirin (2006)
References
Meruliaceae
Polyporales genera
Taxa described in 1866
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