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Climacodon sanguineus

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Climacodon sanguineus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Polyporales
Family: Phanerochaetaceae
Genus: Climacodon
Species:
C. sanguineus
Binomial name
Climacodon sanguineus
Synonyms[1]
  • Hydnum sanguineum Beeli (1926)
  • Donkia sanguinea (Beeli) Maas Geest. (1967)

Climacodon sanguineus is a rare species of tooth fungus in the family Phanerochaetaceae that is found in Africa.

Taxonomy

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The fungus was originally described as Hydnum sanguineum by Belgian mycologist Maurice Beeli in 1926. The holotype collection was made near Kalo, Democratic Republic of the Congo [2] Rudolph Arnold Maas Geesteranus transferred the species to genus Climacodon in 1971.[3]

Phylogenetic data shows that C. sanguineus forms a well-supported clade with the type species of Climacodon, C. septentrionale, which nests in the Phlebioid clade.[1]

Description

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The bright red, funnel-shaped fruit bodies of this fungus are up to 4 cm (1.6 in) tall. They have sharp, cylindrical spines on the underside of the cap. C. sanguineus has a monomitic hyphal system, containing only generative hyphae. These hyphae have a septum; some of the hyphae comprising the cap and in the core of the spines have clamps. The cystidia, which are scattered on the surface on the spines (the spore-bearing surface), are double-walled with a discontinuous internal lumen. The spores are ellipsoid in shape, translucent, and measure 4–5 by 2–2.5 μm.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Moreno, Gabriel; Blanco, M. Natividad; Platas, Gonzalo; Checa, Julia; Olariaga, Ibai (2017). "Reappraisal of Climacodon (Basidiomycota, Meruliaceae) and reinstatement of Donkia (Phanerochaetaceae) using multigene data". Phytotaxa. 291 (3): 171. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.291.3.1.
  2. ^ Beeli, M. (1926). "Contribution nouvelle á l'étude de la flore mycologique du Congo". Bulletin de la Société Royale de Botanique de Belgique (in French). 58: 203–215.
  3. ^ Maas Geesteranus, R.A. (1971). "Hydnaceous fungi of the eastern old world". Verhandelingen Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen Afdeling Natuurkunde. 60 (3): 101.