Climacodon
Climacodon P. Karst. 1881, in Gorjón, Studies in Fungi 5(1), 178 (2020).
Diagnosis: Basidiome annual, pileate, imbricate, upper sterile surface fibrillose to scrupose, hymenophore hydnoid, with long aculei. Hyphal system monomitic, generative hyphae with simple septa, but some septa may have clamp connections. Cystidia present, as gloeocystidia or thick-walled cystidia. Basidia clavate, with 4-sterigmata and with a simple basal septum. Basidiospores ellipsoid, smooth, thin-walled, IKI–.
Index Fungorum Number: IF17326
Type Species: Climacodon septentrionalis (Fr.) P. Karst. 1881
Species:
Climacodon annamensis (Har. & Pat.) Maas Geest. 1974
Climacodon chlamydocystis Maas Geest. 1971
Climacodon dubitativus (Lloyd) Ryvarden 1992
Climacodon efflorescens Maas Geest. 1971
Climacodon javanicus (Pat.) Decock & Ryvarden 2021
Climacodon ochraceus (Pers. ex J.F. Gmel.) P. Karst. 1882
Climacodon pudorinus (Fr.) P. Karst. 1882
Climacodon pulcherrimus (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Nikol. 1961
Climacodon roseomaculatus (Henn. & E. Nyman) Jülich 1982
Climacodon sanguineus (Beeli) Maas Geest. 1971
Climacodon septentrionalis (Fr.) P. Karst. 1881
Reference:
Gorjón, S.P. (2020). Genera of corticioid fungi: keys, nomenclature, and taxonomy. Studies in Fungi 5(1), 125–309.
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