Hydnellum cyanodon

Hydnellum cyanodon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Thelephorales
Family: Bankeraceae
Genus: Hydnellum
Species: H. cyanodon
Binomial name
Hydnellum cyanodon
K.A.Harrison (1964)

Hydnellum cyanodon is a rare species of tooth fungus in the family Bankeraceae. Found in Boularderie Island and Antigonish County (Nova Scotia, Canada), it was described as new to science in 1964 by Canadian mycologist Kenneth A. Harrison. The turbinate (cushion-shaped) cap of the fruitbody measures 3–6 cm (1.2–2.4 in) in diameter. Spines on the cap underside up to 5 mm long, and blue in color. The fungus fruits singly or in groups in deep moss under spruce trees.[1]

References

  1. Harrison KA. (1964). "New or little known North American stipitate Hydnums". Canadian Journal of Botany 42 (9): 1205–33. doi:10.1139/b64-116.

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