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Sarcodon subfelleus

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Sarcodon subfelleus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Thelephorales
Family: Bankeraceae
Genus: Sarcodon
Species:
S. subfelleus
Binomial name
Sarcodon subfelleus
(K.A.Harrison) K.A.Harrison (1984)
Synonyms[1]
  • Hydnum subfelleum K.A.Harrison (1961)

Sarcodon subfelleus is a species of tooth fungus in the family Bankeraceae. It was described as new to science in 1961 by mycologist Kenneth A. Harrison, who initially called it Hydnum subfelleum.[2] He transferred it to the genus Sarcodon in 1984.[3] It is found in Nova Scotia, Canada, where it fruits on the ground singly or in groups under spruce and fir. The type collection was made in Glenmont, Kings County.[2]

The fungus makes fruit bodies with convex to irregularly shaped caps measuring 4–17 cm (1.6–6.7 in) in diameter, supported by a stout stipe measuring 1–9 cm (0.4–3.5 in) long by 1–4 cm (0.4–1.6 in) thick. The spines on the underside of the cap are variable in length, up to a maximum of 7 mm long. They are light grayish-brown with white tips, but darken when bruised. The spores of S. subfelleus are roughly spherical to angular, covered in small, coarse warts (tubercules), and measure 5–6 by 4–5.5 μm.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "GSD Species Synonymy: Sarcodon subfelleus (K.A. Harrison) K.A. Harrison". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
  2. ^ a b c Harrison KA. (1961). The stipitate Hydnums of Nova Scotia (Report). Publications of the Department of Agriculture Canada. Vol. 1099. Research Branch, Canada Department of Agriculture. p. 28.
  3. ^ Harrison KA. (1984). "New combinations in the genus Sarcodon". The Michigan Botanist. 23 (2): 76.
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