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Phellodon mississippiensis

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Phellodon mississippiensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Thelephorales
Family: Bankeraceae
Genus: Phellodon
Species:
P. mississippiensis
Binomial name
Phellodon mississippiensis
R.Baird (2014)

Phellodon mississippiensis is a species of tooth fungus in the family Bankeraceae. It was described as new to science by mycologist Richard Baird in 2014 from collections made in the Tombigbee National Forest in Mississippi. It is one of the few Phellodon species with clamp connections in the hyphae.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Baird RE, Wallace LE, Baker G (2013). "Stipitate hydnums of the southern United States 1: Phellodon mississippiensis sp. nov". Mycotaxon. 123: 183–191. doi:10.5248/123.183.
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