25/Aug/24, 3:03 PM
Lihula Eliisabeti kirik, Pärnumaa, Estonia
Urban park, city area, on old mapple tree
58°41'27.3"N 23°50'11.4"E
🔆 Sunny weather with some clouds, semi-shade
Original Instagram postClimacodon septentrionalis
northern tooth
- Scientific identification
- Climacodon septentrionalis (Fr.) P.Karst.
- Family
- Phanerochaetaceae
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Genus
- Climacodon
Names across languages
- English: northern tooth
- German: Nördlicher Stachelseitling
- Finnish: Kääpäorakas
- Estonian: Kobar-põhjanarmik
- Russian: Климакодон северный
The scientific profile
From the latest record: 2024-08-25.
Hymenium
Spines, densely packed, up to 10 mm long, initially white, becoming cream to yellowish as they age
Cap
Overlapping, shelf-like to semicircular, with a rough, warty, or lumpy surface, color ranges from white to cream, becoming yellowish with age, margin is wavy and irregular
Hymenium Attachment
N/A (spines on the underside of the cap)
Stipe
N/A (sessile, without a distinct stem)
Spore print
Spore print white
Ecology
Parasitic and saprobic, found on living or dead hardwood trees, particularly beech and maple, causes a white rot in the heartwood of its host trees, fruits from late summer to autumn
Ecology
Inedible, the fruit bodies are tough and woody
Fruit body
Fruit body up to 40 cm in diameter
Dimensions
Cap 10–20 cm in diameter
Odour
Odour slightly unpleasant or musty
Microscopy
Spores broadly ellipsoid, 5–7 x 4–5 µm, smooth, inamyloid.
Overview
Large, shelf-like polypore known for its overlapping, semicircular caps with a rough, warty surface
1881). Revue mycol., Toulouse 3(no. 9): 20.
Field encounters
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