Dacryobolus
| Dacryobolus | |
|---|---|
| Dacryobolus karstenii | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Polyporales |
| Family: | Fomitopsidaceae |
| Genus: | Dacryobolus Fr. (1849) |
| Type species | |
| Dacryobolus sudans | |
| Species | |
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D. costratus | |
| Synonyms | |
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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.