''Steccherinum'' is a widely distributed
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 crust fungi
The corticioid fungi are a group of fungi in the Basidiomycota typically having effused, smooth basidiocarps (fruit bodies) that are formed on the undersides of dead tree trunks or branches. They are sometimes colloquially called crust fungi or pa ...
in the family
Steccherinaceae
The Steccherinaceae are a family of about 200 species of fungi in the order Polyporales. It includes crust-like, toothed, and poroid species that cause a white rot in dead wood.
Taxonomy
The family was circumscribed by Estonian mycologist Era ...
.
Taxonomy
''Steccherinum'' 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.
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by
Samuel Frederick Gray
Samuel Frederick Gray (10 December 1766 – 12 April 1828) was a British botanist, mycologist, and pharmacologist. He was the father of the zoologists John Edward Gray and George Robert Gray.
Background
He was the son of Samuel Gray, a London Se ...
in his 1821 work ''A Natural Arrangement of British Plants''.
Description
''Steccherinum'' fungi have a range of
fruit body
The sporocarp (also known as fruiting body, fruit body or fruitbody) of fungi is a multicellular structure on which spore-producing structures, such as basidia or asci, are borne. The fruitbody is part of the sexual phase of a fungal life cyc ...
morphologies, including resupinate (crust-like), effused-reflexed (crust-like with the edges extending outwards to form caps), or
pileate with either a
stipe or only a stipe-like base.
Species
A 2008 estimate placed 33 species in ''Steccherinum''.
,
Index Fungorum
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accepts 50 species:
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S. agaricoides''
(Sw.) Banker (1906)
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S. aggregatum''
Hjortstam & Spooner (1990) –
Sabah
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S. alaskense''
Lindsey & Gilb. (1980)
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S. albidum''
Legon & P.Roberts (2002) – Great Britain
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S. albofibrillosum''
(Hjortstam & Ryvarden) Hallenb. & Hjortstam (1988) – Costa Ric; Nepal; India
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S. basibadium''
Banker (1912)
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S. bourdotii''
Saliba & A.David (1988) – Europe; India
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S. ciliolatum''
(Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Gilb. & Budington (1970) – Portugal; India
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S. confragosum''
Maas Geest. & Lanq. (1975) – Brunei
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S. crassiusculum''
K.A.Harrison (1964)
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S. cremeoalbum''
Hjortstam (1984) – Sweden; Denmark; India
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S. cremicolor''
H.S.Yuan & Sheng H.Wu (2012) – Taiwan
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S. diversum''
Hjortstam & Melo (1999) –
Roraima
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S. elongatum''
H.S.Yuan & Sheng H.Wu (2012) – Taiwan
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S. ethiopicum''
Maas Geest. (1974)
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S. fimbriatum''
(Pers.) J.Erikss. (1958) – Europe; India
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S. galeritum''
Maas Geest. (1974)
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S. gilvum''
Maas Geest. (1974)
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S. gracile''
(Pilát) Parmasto (1968)
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S. helvolum''
(Zipp. ex Lév.) S.Ito (1955)
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S. hydneum''
Rick ex Maas Geest. (1974)
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S. labeosum''
Maas Geest. & Lanq. (1975) – Kenya
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S. lacerum''
(P.Karst.) Kotir. & Saaren. (2009)
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S. laeticolor''
(Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Banker (1912) – Latvia; South Carolina; India
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S. lanestre''
Maas Geest. (1974)
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S. lusitanicum''
(Bres.) Ryvarden (1981)
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S. meridiochraceum''
Saliba & A.David (1988)
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S. meridionale''
(Rajchenb.) Westphalen, Tomšovský & Rajchenb. (2018)
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S. minutissimum''
Snell & E.A.Dick (1958)
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Steccherinum neonitidum''
Westphalen & Tomšovský (2018)
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S. ochraceum''
(Pers.) Gray (1821) – India
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S. oreophilum''
Lindsey & Gilb. (1977) – United States; Europe; India
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S. peckii''
Banker (1912)
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S. perparvulum''
Hjortstam & Ryvarden (2008)
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S. peruvianum''
Maas Geest. (1978)
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S. plumarium''
(Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Banker (1906)
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S. polycystidiferum''
(Rick) Westphalen, Tomšovský & Rajchenb. (2018)
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S. pseudochraceum''
Saliba & A.David (1988)
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S. rawakense''
(Pers.) Banker (1912) – China
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S. reniforme''
(Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Banker (1906) – South America
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S. resupinatum''
G.Cunn. (1958) – New Zealand
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S. robustius''
(J.Erikss. & S.Lundell) J.Erikss. (1958) – Europe; India
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S. russum''
Maas Geest. & Lanq. (1975) – Africa
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S. scalare''
Maas Geest. & Lanq. (1975) – Africa
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S. scruposum''
Maas Geest. & Lanq. (1975) – Africa
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S. straminellum''
(Bres.) Melo (1995)
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S. subcrinale''
(Peck) Ryvarden (1978) – India
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S. subglobosum''
H.S.Yuan & Y.C.Dai (2005) – China
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S. subulatum''
H.S.Yuan & Y.C.Dai (2005) – China
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S. tenue''
Burds. & Nakasone (1981)
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S. tenuispinum''
Spirin, Zmitr. & Malysheva (2007)
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S. undigerum''
(Berk & M.A.Curtis) Westphalen & Tomšovský (2018)
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S. willisii''
Maas Geest. (1974)
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S. zeylanicum''
Maas Geest. (1974)
References
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Steccherinaceae
Polyporales genera
Taxa described in 1821
Taxa named by Samuel Frederick Gray