Dacryobolus

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.^[2] Dacryobolus are wood-decay fungi that cause a brown rot.

Dacryobolus
Dacryobolus karstenii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Polyporales
Family:	Fomitopsidaceae
Genus:	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
Synonyms[1]
Gloeocystidium P.Karst. (1889)

Species

• Dacryobolus costratus (Rehill & B.K.Bakshi) S.S.Rattan (1977)^[3] – Asia
• Dacryobolus gracilis H.S.Yuan (2016)^[4] – China
• Dacryobolus incarnatus Quél. (1885)^[5]
• Dacryobolus karstenii (Bres.) Oberw. ex Parmasto (1968) – Europe
• Dacryobolus montanus X.Z.Wan & H.S.Yuan (2016)^[4] – China
• Dacryobolus phalloides Manjón, Hjortstam & G.Moreno (1984)^[6] – Spain
• Dacryobolus sudans (Alb. & Schwein.) Fr. (1849) – Europe