Auriscalpium barbatum
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| Auriscalpium barbatum | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Russulales |
| Family: | Auriscalpiaceae |
| Genus: | Auriscalpium |
| Species: | A. barbatum |
| Binomial name | |
| Auriscalpium barbatum Maas Geest. (1978) | |
Auriscalpium barbatum is a species of spine fungus in the family Auriscalpiaceae of the Russulales order.[1] Found in Western Australia in 1977 embedded on fragments of humus in sandy soil, it was described as new to science by the Dutch mycologist Rudolph Arnold Maas Geesteranus in 1978.[2]
Rudolph Arnold Maas Geesteranus described the fungus in 1978, from a collection made in August of the previous year in Fitzgerald River National Park, Western Australia. Based on the structure of the hyphae in their spines, Maas Geesteranus considered this species to be most closely related to the widespread Auriscalpium vulgare. The specific epithet barbatum derives from barbatum, meaning "spiny".[2]