{{Short description|Species of fungus}} {{Speciesbox | image = | genus = Hydnellum | species = rickeri | authority = Banker (1913) | synonyms_ref = <ref name="urlFungorum synonymy: Hydnellum rickeri"/> | synonyms = *''Hydnum rickeri'' <small>(Banker) Trotter (1925)</small> }}
'''''Hydnellum rickeri''''' is a tooth fungus in the family Bankeraceae. Found in North America, it was described as new to science in 1913 by mycologist Howard James Banker from collections made in Orono, Maine. It is named after botanist Percy L. Ricker, who collected the type specimen. Fruit bodies are dingy brown to olive-colored, and have a strong, spicy odor (somewhat resembling melilot) that persists after they have dried.<ref name="Banker 1913"/>
==References== {{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="Banker 1913">{{cite journal |author=Banker HJ. |title=Type studies in the Hydnaceae – V. The genus ''Hydnellum'' |journal=Mycologia |year=1913 |volume=5 |issue=4 |pages=194–205 |url=http://www.cybertruffle.org.uk/cyberliber/59350/0005/004/0194.htm |doi=10.2307/3753385|jstor=3753385 |url-access=subscription }}</ref>
<ref name="urlFungorum synonymy: Hydnellum rickeri">{{cite web |title=GSD Species Synonymy: ''Hydnellum rickeri'' Banker |url=http://www.speciesfungorum.org/GSD/GSDspecies.asp?RecordID=534676 |publisher=Species Fungorum. CAB International |access-date=2015-08-05}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{IndexFungorum|534676}}
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Category:Fungi described in 1913 Category:Fungi of North America Category:Inedible fungi rickeri Category:Fungus species
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