{{Short description|Genus of fungi}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Climacocystis borealis 38653.jpg | image_caption = ''Climacocystis borealis'' | taxon = Climacocystis | authority = Kotl. & Pouzar (1958) | type_species = ''Polyporus borealis'' | type_species_authority = Fr. (1821) | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = ''C. borealis''<br> ''C. montana'' }}
'''''Climacocystis''''' is a genus of poroid fungi in the family Climacocystaceae.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bensch |first1=K. |title=Climacocystis |url=https://www.mycobank.org/details/708/56309 |website=MycoBank |publisher= International Mycological Association and Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute |access-date=22 April 2025}}</ref><ref name="Kotlába 1958"/> Until recently, it was monotypic genus, containing the single widespread species ''Climacocystis borealis''.<ref name="Kirk 2008"/> In 2014, Chinese mycologists added the newly described species ''Climacocystis montana''.<ref name="Song 2014"/> The generic name combines the name ''Climacodon'' with the Ancient Greek word {{lang|grc|χύστιζ}} ("bladder").<ref name="Donk 1960"/>
==References== {{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="Donk 1960">{{cite journal |author=Donk, M.A. |year=1960 |title=The generic names proposed for Polyporaceae |journal=Persoonia |volume=1 |issue=2 |pages=173–302 |url=http://www.cybertruffle.org.uk/cyberliber/61056/0001/002/0173.htm}}</ref>
<ref name="Kirk 2008">{{cite book |author1=Kirk, P.M. |author2=Cannon, P.F. |author3=Minter, D.W. |author4=Stalpers, J.A. |title=Dictionary of the Fungi |edition=10th |publisher=CAB International |location=Wallingford, UK |year=2008 |page=151 |isbn=978-0-85199-826-8}}</ref>
<ref name="Kotlába 1958">{{cite journal |author1=Kotlába, F. |author2=Pouzar, Z. |year=1958 |title=Polypori novi vel minus cogniti Cechoslovakiae III |journal=Ceská Mykologie |volume=12 |issue=2 |pages=95–104}}</ref>
<ref name="Song 2014">{{cite journal |author1=Song, Jie |author2=Chen, Yuan-Yuan |author3=Cui, Bao-Kai |year=2014 |title=Phylogeny and Taxonomy of ''Climacocystis'' (Polyporales) in China |journal=Cryptogamie, Mycologie |volume=35 |issue=3 |pages=221–231 |doi=10.7872/crym.v35.iss3.2014.221|s2cid=85287632 }}</ref>
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Category:Fomitopsidaceae Category:Polyporales genera Category:Taxa described in 1958 Category:Taxa named by Zdeněk Pouzar
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