2 species
Ectomycorrhizal tooth fungi with fleshy fruitbodies, scaly brown caps and brown spines. In 2019 Larsson et al. narrowed the genus and transferred 12 species to Hydnellum; Index Fungorum listed 42 accepted species in Sarcodon as of February 2026 (per Wikipedia).
Fruitbody: stipitate, fleshy (not corky like Hydnellum). Hymenophore: spines. Spore print: brown. Spores: irregularly globose, nodulose to warted.
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