Hydnellum spongiosipes

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]

Hydnellum spongiosipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Thelephorales
Family:
Bankeraceae
Genus:
Hydnellum
Species:
H. spongiosipes
Binomial name
Hydnellum spongiosipes
(Peck) Pouzar (1960)
Synonyms[1]
  • Hydnum spongiosipes Peck (1898)
  • Hydnellum nuttallii Banker (1906)
  • Hydnum nuttallii (Banker) Sacc. & Trotter (1912)
  • Hydnellum velutinum var. spongiosipes (Peck) Maas Geest. (1957)

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]

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References
  1. "GSD Species Synonymy: Hydnellum spongiosipes (Peck) Pouzar". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2015-01-11.
  2. "Recommended English Names for Fungi in the UK" (PDF). British Mycological Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-16.
  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. 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. 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. Pouzar Z. (1960). "The Kersko forest in the Central Elbe Region". Ceská Mykologie. 14 (2): 129–32.


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