Hydnellum geogenium
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Hydnellum geogenium | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Thelephorales |
Family: | Bankeraceae |
Genus: | Hydnellum |
Species: | H. geogenium
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Binomial name | |
Hydnellum geogenium | |
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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]
References
[edit]- ^ Sauter AE. (1869). "Diagnosen neuer Pilze". Hedwigia (in German). 8: 40–41.
- ^ Karsten PA. (1881). "Enumeratio Hydnearum Fr. Fennicarum, systemate novo dispositarum". Revue Mycologique Toulouse (in Latin). 3 (9): 19–21.
- ^ "GSD Species Synonymy: Hydnellum geogenium (Fr.) Banker". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2015-01-21.
- ^ Banker HJ. (1913). "Type studies in the Hydnaceae – V. The genus Hydnellum". Mycologia. 5 (4): 194–205. doi:10.2307/3753385. JSTOR 3753385.
- ^ Phillips R. "Hydnellum geogenium". RogersMushrooms. Archived from the original on 2015-01-22. Retrieved 2015-01-21.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Steglich W, Jendrny B (1979). "Geogenin, ein neuartiger Pyronfarbstoff aus Hydnellum geogenium" [Geogenin, a new kind of pyrone pigment from Hydnellum geogenium]. Beihefte zur Sydowia Annales Mycologici. Series II: 378–380.
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