C. annamensis C. chlamydocystis C. dubitativus C. pulcherrimus C. roseomaculatus C. sanguineus C. septentrionalis Climacodon is a widespread genus of tooth fungi in the family Phanerochaetaceae.
The genus was circumscribed by Finnish mycologist Petter Karsten in 1881 with Climacodon septentrionalis as the type species.
[1] This fungus was originally described by Elias Magnus Fries in 1821 as Hydnum septentrionale.
[2] Climacodon has been placed variously in the family Meruliaceae,[3] or in the Phanerochaetaceae.
[4] Molecular analysis places Climacodon as a member of the Phlebioid clade.