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Hydnellum rickeri

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Hydnellum rickeri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Thelephorales
Family: Bankeraceae
Genus: Hydnellum
Species:
H. rickeri
Binomial name
Hydnellum rickeri
Banker (1913)
Synonyms[1]
  • Hydnum rickeri (Banker) Trotter (1925)

Hydnellum rickeri is a tooth fungus in the family Bankeraceae. Found in North America, it was described as new to science in 1913 by mycologist Howard James Banker from collections made in Orono, Maine. It is named after botanist Percy L. Ricker, who collected the type specimen. Fruit bodies are dingy brown to olive-colored, and have a strong, spicy odor (somewhat resembling melilot) that persists after they have dried.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "GSD Species Synonymy: Hydnellum rickeri Banker". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2015-08-05.
  2. ^ Banker HJ. (1913). "Type studies in the Hydnaceae – V. The genus Hydnellum". Mycologia. 5 (4): 194–205. doi:10.2307/3753385. JSTOR 3753385.
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