Hericium bembedjaense | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Russulales |
Family: | Hericiaceae |
Genus: | Hericium |
Species: | H. bembedjaense
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Binomial name | |
Hericium bembedjaense Jumbam & Aime, 2019
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Hericium bembedjaense is a species of fungus in the family Hericiaceae native to Cameroon, first described by Blaise Jumbam and Mary Catherine Aime in 2019, based on specimens from Dja Biosphere Reserve. It is found growing on Gilbertiodendron dewevrei and can be differentiated from other H. coralloides complex species by substrate and geographical range.[1] It is the only Hericium species that has pleurocystidia.
References
[edit]- ^ Jumbam, Blaise; Haelewaters, Danny; Koch, Rachel A.; Dentinger, Bryn T. M.; Henkel, Terry W.; Aime, M. Catherine (October 2019). "A new and unusual species of Hericium (Basidiomycota: Russulales, Hericiaceae) from the Dja Biosphere Reserve, Cameroon". Mycological Progress. 18 (10): 1253–1262. doi:10.1007/s11557-019-01530-1. ISSN 1617-416X. S2CID 204942481.