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Joseph OBrien, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org
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Image Number: 1301028

northern tooth (Climacodon septentrionalis (Fr.) P. Karst.) (Fr.) P. Karst.

Photographer:
Joseph OBrien
Organization:
USDA Forest Service
Descriptor:
Fruiting Bodies
Description:
Overlapping brackets and 1/2" long teeth distinguish this heartrot fungus of maple and other hardwoods.
Image type:
Field
Host:
sugar maple (Acer saccharum Marshall)

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Subject

Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Basidiomycota
Subphylum: Hymenomycotina
Class: Agaricomycetes
Subclass: Agaricomycetidae
Order: Polyporales
Family: Meruliaceae
Genus: Climacodon
Subject: Climacodon septentrionalis (Fr.) P. Karst.

Host

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Rosidae
Order: Sapindales
Family: Sapindaceae
Genus: Acer
Subject: Acer saccharum Marshall
Node Affiliation:
Bugwood - UGA
Image uploaded:
Friday, August 29, 2003
Image last updated:
Thursday, May 26, 2011