Biology:Hydnellum geogenium

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Short description: Species of fungus

Hydnellum geogenium
Hydnellum geogenium BG3 (4).JPG
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Thelephorales
Family: Bankeraceae
Genus: Hydnellum
Species:
H. geogenium
Binomial name
Hydnellum geogenium
(Fr.) Banker (1913)
Synonyms[3]
  • Hydnum geogenium Fr. (1852)
  • Hydnum sulfureum Saut. (1869)[1]
  • Calodon geogenius (Fr.) P.Karst. (1881)[2]

Hydnellum geogenium is a species of tooth fungus in the family Bankeraceae. It was described as new to science in 1852 by Elias Magnus Fries. Howard James Banker transferred it to the genus Hydnellum in 1913.[4] The fungus is found in Europe and North America, where it grows in coniferous woods. It is inedible.[5] H. geogenium is considered endangered in Switzerland.[6] Fruitbodies of the fungus contain a yellow pigment compound called geogenin.[7]

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External links

Wikidata ☰ Q14948385 entry