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Stegiacantha petaloides

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Stegiacantha is a fungal genus in the family Meruliaceae. It is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Stegiacantha petaloides, found in Madagascar. This fungus was first described by American mycologist Curtis Gates Lloyd in 1913 as Hydnum petaloides. Rudolph Arnold Maas Geesteranus circumscribed Stegiacantha to contain the fungus in 1966.

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Family: Meruliaceae

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Name: Stegiacantha petaloides
Slug: stegiacantha-petaloides
Kingdom: Fungi
Family: Meruliaceae
Genus: Stegiacantha
Species: petaloides
Propagule type: seed
Container suitable: No
Indoor suitable: No
OSSI pledged: No
Hazard level: 1
Data completeness: 28

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