Climacodon sanguineus is a rare species of tooth fungus in the family Phanerochaetaceae that is found in Africa.

The fungus was originally described as Hydnum sanguineum by Belgian mycologist Maurice Beeli in 1926.

The holotype collection was made near Kalo, Democratic Republic of the Congo [2] Rudolph Arnold Maas Geesteranus transferred the species to genus Climacodon in 1971.

[1] The bright red, funnel-shaped fruit bodies of this fungus are up to 4 cm (1.6 in) tall.

C. sanguineus has a monomitic hyphal system, containing only generative hyphae.