''Sarcodontia'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

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

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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 i ...

in 1866, with ''Sarcodontia mali'' as the

type species In 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 species that contains the biological type specimen ...

Species

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Sarcodontia crocea ''Sarcodontia crocea'' is a species of hydnoid fungi, toothed crust fungus in the family Meruliaceae. The species was first species description, described scientifically in 1822 by Lewis David de Schweinitz, who called it ''Sistotrema croceum''. ...

'' (Schwein.) Kotl. (1953) *''

Sarcodontia fragilissima ''Sarcodontia fragilissima'' is a species of toothed crust fungus in the family Meruliaceae. The fungus was originally described as ''Hydnum fragilissimum'' by Miles Joseph Berkeley and Moses Ashley Curtis in 1873. It was transferred to the g ...

'' (Berk. & (M.A.Curtis) Nikol. (1961) *''

Sarcodontia pachyodon ''Irpiciporus pachyodon'' is a species of fungus belonging to the family Polyporaceae. It has cosmopolitan distribution In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the w ...

'' (Pers.) Spirin (2001) *''

Sarcodontia setosa ''Sarcodontia setosa'' is a species of toothed crust fungus in the family Meruliaceae. It is a white rot species that is found in Europe and North America. Taxonomy The fungus was originally described by Christiaan Hendrik Persoon in 1825 as ...

'' (Pers.) Donk (1952) *''

Sarcodontia sibirica ''Sarcodontia sibirica'' is a species of toothed crust fungus in the family Meruliaceae. It was originally described by Czech mycologist Albert Pilát in 1936 as ''Acia sibirica''. T.L. Nikolajeva transferred it to the genus ''Sarcodontia '' ...

'' (Pilát) Nikol. (1961) *''

Sarcodontia spumea ''Sarcodontia spumea'' is a species of tooth fungus in the family Meruliaceae. It is widespread in Europe, where it causes a white rot of both living and dead hardwood trees, especially maples. The fungus was originally described by English bota ...

'' (Sowerby) Spirin (2001)

References

Meruliaceae Polyporales genera Taxa described in 1866 {{Polyporales-stub