Hydnum ambustum Cooke & Massee is a fungus in the Hydnaceae family, order Cantharellales, kingdom Fungi. Not known to be toxic.

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Hydnum ambustum Cooke & Massee

Hydnum ambustum Cooke & Massee

Hydnum crocidens is an Australian native fungus first described in 1890, closely related to H. rufescens and its relatives.

Family
Genus
Hydnum
Order
Cantharellales
Class
Agaricomycetes

About Hydnum ambustum Cooke & Massee

Hydnum crocidens is a fungal species that belongs to the family Hydnaceae. It is native to Australia. Mordecai Cubitt Cooke formally described this species in 1890, using material that had been collected around Port Phillip Bay. Genetic analysis has revealed that H. crocidens is closely related to the evolutionary lineage that contains Hydnum rufescens and its close relatives.

Taxonomy

Fungi โ€บ Basidiomycota โ€บ Agaricomycetes โ€บ Cantharellales โ€บ Hydnaceae โ€บ Hydnum

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