Hydnellum_spongiosipes

<i>Hydnellum spongiosipes</i>

Hydnellum spongiosipes

Species of fungus

Hydnellum spongiosipes, commonly known as the velvet tooth,[2] is a tooth fungus in the family Bankeraceae. It is found in Europe and North America.[3] In Switzerland, it is considered a vulnerable species.[4]

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Taxonomy

The fungus was originally described as new to science in 1898 by American mycologist Charles Horton Peck, who placed it in the genus Hydnum.[5] Zdeněk Pouzar transferred it to Hydnellum in 1960.[6] Synonyms include Hydnellum nuttallii, published by Howard James Banker in 1906, and Hydnellum velutinum var. spongiosipes, published by Rudolph Arnold Maas Geesteranus in 1957.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    "GSD Species Synonymy: Hydnellum spongiosipes (Peck) Pouzar". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2015-01-11.
  2. [2]
    "Recommended English Names for Fungi in the UK" (PDF). British Mycological Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-16.
  3. [3]
    Pegler DN, Roberts PJ, Spooner BM (1997). British Chanterelles and Tooth Fungi. Kew, UK: Royal Botanic Gardens. pp. 88–89. ISBN 978-1-900347-15-0.
  4. [4]
    Senn-Irlet B, Bieri G, Egli S (2007). Lista Rossa Macromiceti. Lista Rossa delle specie minacciate in Svizzera. UV-0718-I (Report) (in Italian). Bern: Ufficio federale dell’ambiente.
  5. [5]
    Peck CH. (1897). "Report of the State Botanist (1896)". Annual Report on the New York State Museum of Natural History. 50: 77–159 (see p. 111).
  6. [6]
    Pouzar Z. (1960). "The Kersko forest in the Central Elbe Region". Ceská Mykologie. 14 (2): 129–32.


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