Sarcodon cyrneus
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| Sarcodon cyrneus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Thelephorales |
| Family: | Bankeraceae |
| Genus: | Sarcodon |
| Species: | S. cyrneus |
| Binomial name | |
| Sarcodon cyrneus Maas Geest. (1975) | |
Sarcodon cyrneus is a species of tooth fungus in the family Bankeraceae. Found in Europe, it was described as new to science in 1975 by Dutch mycologist Rudolph Arnold Maas Geesteranus.[1] The specific epithet cyrneus is derived from the Latin "Corsican", referring to Corsica, the type locality.[2] Fruit bodies contains neurotrophic cyathane diterpene compounds called cyrneines.[3][4][5]
