Cyanodontia
Genus of fungi
Cyanodontia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Polyporales |
Family: | Meruliaceae |
Genus: | Cyanodontia Hjortstam (1987) |
Type species | |
Cyanodontia spathulata Hjortstam (1987) |
Cyanodontia is a fungal genus in the family Meruliaceae. It is a monotypic genus, circumscribed by mycologist Kurt Hjorstam in 1987 to contain the single species Cyanodontia spathulata. This is a toothed crust fungus that is found in East Africa. The type was collected by Leif Ryvarden in Tanga, Tanzania in 1973.[1]
References
- ^ Hjortstam, Kurt (1987). "Studies in tropical Corticiaceae (Basidiomycetes) VII. Specimens from East Africa collected by L. Ryvarden. II". Mycotaxon. 28 (1): 19–37.
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