Steccherinum


Steccherinum is a widely distributed genus of toothed crust fungi in the family Steccherinaceae.

Taxonomy

Steccherinum was circumscribed by Samuel Frederick Gray in his 1821 work A Natural Arrangement of British Plants.

Description

Steccherinum fungi have a range of fruit body morphologies, including resupinate, effused-reflexed, or pileate with either a stipe or only a stipe-like base.

Species

A 2008 estimate placed 33 species in Steccherinum., Index Fungorum accepts 50 species: