Sarcodon subfelleus
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]
| Sarcodon subfelleus | |
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Scientific 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) | |
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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
- "GSD Species Synonymy: Sarcodon subfelleus (K.A. Harrison) K.A. Harrison". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
- 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.
- Harrison KA. (1984). "New combinations in the genus Sarcodon". The Michigan Botanist. 23 (2): 76.