Hydnum crocidens

Hydnum crocidens is a species of fungus in the family Hydnaceae native to Australia.^[1] It was described in 1890 by Mordecai Cubitt Cooke from material collected around Port Phillip Bay.^[2] Genetic analysis shows it to be closely related to a lineage containing H. rufescens and its close relatives.^[1]

Hydnum crocidens
H. crocidens var. wellingtonii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Cantharellales
Family:	Hydnaceae
Genus:	Hydnum
Species:	H. crocidens
Binomial name
Hydnum crocidens Cooke
Synonyms
Hydnum ambustum Cooke