Sarcodon subfelleus

Sarcodon subfelleus is a species of tooth fungus in the family Bankeraceae. It was described as new to science in 1961 by mycologist Kenneth A. Harrison, who initially called it Hydnum subfelleum.[2] He transferred it to the genus Sarcodon in 1984.[3] It is found in Nova Scotia, Canada, where it fruits on the ground singly or in groups under spruce and fir. The type collection was made in Glenmont, Kings County.[2]

Sarcodon subfelleus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Thelephorales
Family:
Bankeraceae
Genus:
Sarcodon
Species:
S. subfelleus
Binomial name
Sarcodon subfelleus
(K.A.Harrison) K.A.Harrison (1984)
Synonyms[1]
  • Hydnum subfelleum K.A.Harrison (1961)

The fungus makes fruit bodies with convex to irregularly shaped caps measuring 4–17 cm (1.6–6.7 in) in diameter, supported by a stout stipe measuring 1–9 cm (0.4–3.5 in) long by 1–4 cm (0.4–1.6 in) thick. The spines on the underside of the cap are variable in length, up to a maximum of 7 mm long. They are light grayish-brown with white tips, but darken when bruised. The spores of S. subfelleus are roughly spherical to angular, covered in small, coarse warts (tubercules), and measure 5–6 by 4–5.5 µm.[2]

References
  1. "GSD Species Synonymy: Sarcodon subfelleus (K.A. Harrison) K.A. Harrison". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
  2. Harrison KA. (1961). The stipitate Hydnums of Nova Scotia (Report). Publications of the Department of Agriculture Canada. 1099. Research Branch, Canada Department of Agriculture. p. 28.
  3. Harrison KA. (1984). "New combinations in the genus Sarcodon". The Michigan Botanist. 23 (2): 76.


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