Climacodon sanguineus

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

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

Taxonomy

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

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
  1. 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.
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