''Climacodon'' is a widespread

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tooth fungi The hydnoid fungi are a group of fungi in the Basidiomycota with basidiocarps (fruit bodies) producing spores on pendant, tooth-like or spine-like projections. They are colloquially called tooth fungi. Originally such fungi were referred to the ge ...

in the family

Phanerochaetaceae The Phanerochaetaceae are a family of mostly crust fungi in the order Polyporales. Taxonomy Phanerochaetaceae was first conceived by Swedish mycologist John Eriksson in 1958 as the subfamily Phanerochaetoideae of the Corticiaceae. It was later ...

Taxonomy

The genus was

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by Finnish mycologist

Petter Karsten Petter Adolf Karsten (16 February 1834 – 22 March 1917) was a Finnish mycologist, the foremost expert on the fungi of Finland in his day, and known in consequence as the "father of Finnish mycology". Karsten was born in Merimasku near Turku ...

in 1881 with ''Climacodon septentrionalis'' as the

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. This fungus was originally described by

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in 1821 as ''Hydnum septentrionale''. ''Climacodon'' has been placed variously in the family

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, or in the

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analysis places ''Climacodon'' as a member of the Phlebioid clade.

Species

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Climacodon annamensis ''Climacodon'' is a widespread genus of hydnoid fungi, tooth fungi in the family Phanerochaetaceae. Taxonomy The genus was circumscription (taxonomy), circumscribed by Finnish mycologist Petter Karsten in 1881 with ''Climacodon septentrionalis'' ...

'' (Har. & Pat.) Maas Geest. (1974) *''

Climacodon chlamydocystis ''Climacodon'' is a widespread genus of tooth fungi in the family Phanerochaetaceae. Taxonomy The genus was circumscribed by Finnish mycologist Petter Karsten in 1881 with ''Climacodon septentrionalis'' as the type species. This fungus was origi ...

'' Maas Geest. (1971) *''

Climacodon dubitativus ''Climacodon'' is a widespread genus of tooth fungi in the family Phanerochaetaceae. Taxonomy The genus was circumscribed by Finnish mycologist Petter Karsten in 1881 with ''Climacodon septentrionalis'' as the type species. This fungus was origi ...

'' (Lloyd) Ryvarden (1992) – Philippines *''

Climacodon pulcherrimus ''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. T. L. Nikolajeva tr ...

'' (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Nikol. (1961) *''

Climacodon roseomaculatus ''Climacodon'' is a widespread genus of tooth fungi in the family Phanerochaetaceae. Taxonomy The genus was circumscribed by Finnish mycologist Petter Karsten in 1881 with ''Climacodon septentrionalis'' as the type species. This fungus was origi ...

'' (Henn. & E.Nyman) Jülich (1982) *''

Climacodon sanguineus ''Climacodon sanguineus'' is a rare species of tooth fungus in the family Phanerochaetaceae that is found in Africa. Taxonomy The fungus was originally described as ''Hydnum sanguineum'' by Belgian mycologist Maurice Beeli in 1926. The holotype ...

'' (Beeli) Maas Geest. (1971) *''

Climacodon septentrionalis ''Climacodon septentrionalis'', commonly known as the northern tooth fungus or the white rot fungus, is a species of shelf fungus in the phylum Basidiomycota. It is white in color and can be found in large clusters on the trunks of trees. This sp ...

'' (Fr.) P.Karst. (1881)

References

Phanerochaetaceae Polyporales genera Taxa named by Petter Adolf Karsten Taxa described in 1881 {{Polyporales-stub