Climacodon sanguineus is a rare species of tooth fungus in the family Phanerochaetaceae that is found in Africa.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Polyporales |
| Family: | Phanerochaetaceae |
| Genus: | Climacodon |
| Species: | C. sanguineus
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| Binomial name | |
| Climacodon sanguineus (Beeli) Maas Geest. (1971)
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Taxonomy edit
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 edit
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 edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Maas Geesteranus, R.A. (1971). "Hydnaceous fungi of the eastern old world". Verhandelingen Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen Afdeling Natuurkunde. 60 (3): 101.