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Genus of fungi

Cyanodontia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Polyporales
Family: Meruliaceae
Genus: Cyanodontia
Hjortstam (1987)
Type species
Cyanodontia spathulata
Hjortstam (1987)

Cyanodontia is a fungal genus in the family Meruliaceae. It is a monotypic genus, circumscribed by mycologist Kurt Hjorstam in 1987 to contain the single species Cyanodontia spathulata. This is a toothed crust fungus that is found in East Africa. The type was collected by Leif Ryvarden in Tanga, Tanzania in 1973.

References

  1. Hjortstam, Kurt (1987). "Studies in tropical Corticiaceae (Basidiomycetes) VII. Specimens from East Africa collected by L. Ryvarden. II". Mycotaxon. 28 (1): 19–37.
Taxon identifiers
Cyanodontia


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