''Steccherinum'' is a widely distributed

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of toothed crust fungi in the family Steccherinaceae.

Taxonomy

''Steccherinum'' was

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in his 1821 work ''A Natural Arrangement of British Plants''.

Description

''Steccherinum'' fungi have a range of fruit body 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''. ,

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accepts 50 species: *'' S. agaricoides'' (Sw.) Banker (1906) *'' S. aggregatum'' Hjortstam & Spooner (1990) –

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*'' S. alaskense'' Lindsey & Gilb. (1980) *'' S. albidum'' Legon & P.Roberts (2002) – Great Britain *'' S. albofibrillosum'' (Hjortstam & Ryvarden) Hallenb. & Hjortstam (1988) – Costa Ric; Nepal; India *'' S. basibadium'' Banker (1912) *'' S. bourdotii'' Saliba & A.David (1988) – Europe; India *'' S. ciliolatum'' (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Gilb. & Budington (1970) – Portugal; India *'' S. confragosum'' Maas Geest. & Lanq. (1975) – Brunei *'' S. crassiusculum'' K.A.Harrison (1964) *'' S. cremeoalbum'' Hjortstam (1984) – Sweden; Denmark; India *'' S. cremicolor'' H.S.Yuan & Sheng H.Wu (2012) – Taiwan *'' S. diversum'' Hjortstam & Melo (1999) –

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*'' S. elongatum'' H.S.Yuan & Sheng H.Wu (2012) – Taiwan *'' S. ethiopicum'' Maas Geest. (1974) *'' S. fimbriatum'' (Pers.) J.Erikss. (1958) – Europe; India 2012-02-24 Steccherinum fimbriatum (Pers

2012-02-24 Steccherinum fimbriatum (Pers

*'' S. galeritum'' Maas Geest. (1974) *'' S. gilvum'' Maas Geest. (1974) *'' S. gracile'' (Pilát) Parmasto (1968) *'' S. helvolum'' (Zipp. ex Lév.) S.Ito (1955) *'' S. hydneum'' Rick ex Maas Geest. (1974) *'' S. labeosum'' Maas Geest. & Lanq. (1975) – Kenya *'' S. lacerum'' (P.Karst.) Kotir. & Saaren. (2009) *'' S. laeticolor'' (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Banker (1912) – Latvia; South Carolina; India *'' S. lanestre'' Maas Geest. (1974) *'' S. lusitanicum'' (Bres.) Ryvarden (1981) *'' S. meridiochraceum'' Saliba & A.David (1988) *'' S. meridionale'' (Rajchenb.) Westphalen, Tomšovský & Rajchenb. (2018) *'' S. minutissimum'' Snell & E.A.Dick (1958) *'' Steccherinum neonitidum'' Westphalen & Tomšovský (2018) *'' S. ochraceum'' (Pers.) Gray (1821) – India *'' S. oreophilum'' Lindsey & Gilb. (1977) – United States; Europe; India *'' S. peckii'' Banker (1912) *'' S. perparvulum'' Hjortstam & Ryvarden (2008) *'' S. peruvianum'' Maas Geest. (1978) *'' S. plumarium'' (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Banker (1906) *'' S. polycystidiferum'' (Rick) Westphalen, Tomšovský & Rajchenb. (2018) *'' S. pseudochraceum'' Saliba & A.David (1988) *'' S. rawakense'' (Pers.) Banker (1912) – China *'' S. reniforme'' (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Banker (1906) – South America *'' S. resupinatum'' G.Cunn. (1958) – New Zealand *'' S. robustius'' (J.Erikss. & S.Lundell) J.Erikss. (1958) – Europe; India *'' S. russum'' Maas Geest. & Lanq. (1975) – Africa *'' S. scalare'' Maas Geest. & Lanq. (1975) – Africa *'' S. scruposum'' Maas Geest. & Lanq. (1975) – Africa *'' S. straminellum'' (Bres.) Melo (1995) *'' S. subcrinale'' (Peck) Ryvarden (1978) – India *'' S. subglobosum'' H.S.Yuan & Y.C.Dai (2005) – China *'' S. subulatum'' H.S.Yuan & Y.C.Dai (2005) – China *'' S. tenue'' Burds. & Nakasone (1981) *'' S. tenuispinum'' Spirin, Zmitr. & Malysheva (2007) *'' S. undigerum'' (Berk & M.A.Curtis) Westphalen & Tomšovský (2018) *'' S. willisii'' Maas Geest. (1974) *'' S. zeylanicum'' Maas Geest. (1974)

References

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