# Stegiacantha

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{{Short description|Genus of fungi}}
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| taxon = Stegiacantha
| authority = Maas Geest. (1966)
| type_species = '''''Stegiacantha petaloides'''''
| type_species_authority = ([Lloyd](/source/Curtis_Gates_Lloyd)) [Maas Geest.](/source/Maas_Geest.) (1966)
| synonyms_ref = <ref name="Maas Geesteranus 1966"/>
| synonyms = *''Hydnum petaloides'' <small>Lloyd (1913)</small>
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'''''Stegiacantha''''' is a fungal [genus](/source/genus) in the family [Meruliaceae](/source/Meruliaceae). It is a [monotypic](/source/monotypic) genus, containing the single species '''''Stegiacantha petaloides''''', found in [Madagascar](/source/Madagascar). This fungus was first [described](/source/species_description) by American mycologist [Curtis Gates Lloyd](/source/Curtis_Gates_Lloyd) in 1913 as ''Hydnum petaloides''.<ref name="Lloyd 1913"/> [Rudolph Arnold Maas Geesteranus](/source/Rudolph_Arnold_Maas_Geesteranus) circumscribed ''Stegiacantha'' to contain the fungus in 1966.<ref name="Maas Geesteranus 1966"/>

''Stegiacantha petaloides'' has an orbicular [cap](/source/pileus_(mycology)) (in the shape of a flattened disc) measuring {{convert|1|–|2|cm|in|1|abbr=on}} in diameter, and a slender [stipe](/source/stipe_(mycology)). It has yellowish spines covering its [hymenium](/source/hymenium).<ref name="Lloyd 1913"/>
 
==References==
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<ref name="Lloyd 1913">{{cite journal |author=Lloyd, Curtis Gates |year=1913 |title=Letter 48 |journal=Mycological Writings |volume=4 |page=9}}</ref>

<ref name="Maas Geesteranus 1966">{{cite journal |author=Maas Geesteranus, R.A. |year=1966 |title=Notes on Hydnums, IV |journal=Proceedings van de Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen Section C |volume=69 |pages=317–333}}</ref>

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Category:Fungi of Africa
Category:Meruliaceae
Category:Monotypic Polyporales genera
Category:Taxa described in 1966
Category:Taxa named by Rudolf Arnold Maas Geesteranus

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