''Sarcodon praestans'' 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
Papua New Guinea, it was
described as new to science in 1974 by Dutch mycologist
Rudolph Arnold Maas Geesteranus.
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Fungi described in 1974
Fungi of New Guinea
praestans
Fungus species
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