''Sarcodon portoricensis'' is a species of
tooth fungus
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 ...
in the family
Bankeraceae
The ''Bankeraceae'' are a family of fungi in the order Thelephorales. Taxa are terrestrial, and ectomycorrhizal with plant species in families such as Pinaceae or Fagaceae. The family was circumscribed by Marinus Anton Donk in 1961. Accordin ...
. Found in
Puerto Rico, where it grows on
clay soils of low-elevation wet forests, it was
described as new to science in 2015.
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Fungi described in 2015
Fungi of the Caribbean
portoricensis
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