Dacryobolus

Dacryobolus
Dacryobolus karstenii
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Dacryobolus

Fr. (1849)
Type species
Dacryobolus sudans
(Alb. & Schwein.) Fr. (1849)
Species

D. costratus
D. gracilis
D. incarnatus
D. karstenii
D. montanus
D. phalloides
D. sudans

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Dacryobolus is a genus of crust fungi in the family Fomitopsidaceae. Elias Fries circumscribed the genus in 1849 with Dacryobolus sudans (then known as Hydnum sudans Alb. & Schwein.) as the type species. Dacryobolus are wood-decay fungi that cause a brown rot.