Donkia pulcherrima (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Pilát
Donkia pulcherrima: https://mail.marylandbiodiversity.org/species/16634
Synonyms
Climacodon pulcherrimus  Hydnum pulcherrimum 
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Description

Fruiting body: Whitish to pale tan; semicircular or fan-shaped; densely hairy; white fibrous flesh oozes a clear, sticky liquid. Fertile surface: Densely packed with white spines (1/8"+ [4-5 mm]). Stalk: Short or absent.

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Found in fused or overlapping clusters on decaying hardwoods. (J. Solem, pers. comm.)

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Climacodon pulcherrimus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Polyporales
Family: Phanerochaetaceae
Genus: Climacodon
Species:
C. pulcherrimus
Binomial name
Climacodon pulcherrimus
Synonyms
  • Hydnum pulcherrimum Berk. & M.A.Curtis (1849)
  • Hydnum gilvum Berk. (1851)
  • Hydnum uleanum Henn. (1897)
  • Steccherinum pulcherrimum (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Banker (1906)
  • Hydnum kauffmani Peck (1907)[1]
  • Creolophus pulcherrimus (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Banker (1913)
  • Hydnum australe Lloyd (1919)
  • Dryodon pulcherrimum (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Pilát (1934)
  • Donkia pulcherrima (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Pilát (1937)

Climacodon pulcherrimus is a white rot–causing species of tooth fungus in the family Phanerochaetaceae.

The species was first described as a species of Hydnum by Miles Berkeley and Moses Ashley Curtis in 1849.[2] T. L. Nikolajeva transferred it to its current genus, Climacodon, in 1962,[3] but research published in 2007 suggests it should be placed in a different genus.[4]

It is widely distributed in subtropical and tropical areas, where it grows on decomposing hardwoods, causing a white rot.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Peck, C.H. (1907). "New Species of Fungi". Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. 34 (7): 345–349. doi:10.2307/2478989. JSTOR 2478989.
  2. ^ Berkeley, M.J.; Curtis, M.A. (1849). "Decades of fungi. Decades XXIII and XXIV. North and South Carolina Fungi". Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany. 1: 234–239.
  3. ^ Nikolajeva, T.L. (1961). Flora plantarum cryptogamarum URSS. Fungi. Familia Hydnaceae (in Russian). Vol. 6. Moscow, Leningrad. p. 194.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ^ Moreno, G.; Blanco, M.N.; Olariaga, I.; Checa, J. (2007). "Climacodon pulcherrimus a badly known tropical species, present in Europe". Cryptogamie, Mycologie. 28 (1): 3–11.
  5. ^ Kuo, Michael (May 2010). "Climacodon pulcherrimus". MushroomExpert.com. Retrieved 2014-08-08.


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