Dentocorticium sulphurellum

Dentocorticium sulphurellum
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Polyporales
Family: Polyporaceae
Genus: Dentocorticium
Species:
D. sulphurellum
Binomial name
Dentocorticium sulphurellum
(Peck) M.J.Larsen & Gilb. (1974)
Synonyms
  • Hydnum sulphurellum Peck (1879)
  • Grandinia sulphurella (Peck) Burt (1879)
  • Odontia sulphurella (Peck) Rick (1932)
  • Laeticorticium sulphurellum (Peck) Gilb. (1963)
  • Dendrodontia sulphurella (Peck) Boidin & Gilles (1998)

Dentocorticium sulphurellum is a species of crust fungus in the family Polyporaceae. It is characterized by its toothed surface, its sulphur-yellow colour, and microscopically by the presence of dendrohyphidia in the hymenium. Charles Horton Peck originally described it in 1879 as Hydnum sulphurellum; it was transferred to Dentocorticium in 1974. It is found in North America and Japan.