Asian beauty
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Phylum:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Polyporales
Family:
Meruliaceae
Genus:
Radulodon
Species:
R. copelandii
Binomial name
Radulodon copelandii
(Pat.) N. Maek.

Radulodon copelandii or Radulomyces copelandii, the Asian beauty, is a fungus typically found on logs and decaying wood. It is native to Asia, where it is known from the Russian Far East, China, Japan, Korea, the Philippines, Malaysia, and Sri Lanka.[1] It now also occurs in North America, where it was first found by J. Ginns and Lawrence Millman in Massachusetts in 2009.[1][2] It is a toothed crust fungus identified by whitish or pale yellowish flattened teeth[3] aging to brownish colors.[2] The basidia are at the tip of each tooth[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Ginns, J., Millman, Lawrence (2011). "Mysterious Asian Beauty Conquers Eastern Massachusetts" (PDF). Fungi Mag. 4:3: 61–63.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. 1 2 Emberger, Gary (2008). "Radulodon copelandii". Messiah College. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
  3. ↑ Roehl, Thomas (February 22, 2019). "Radulodon copelandii, The Asian Beauty". Fungus Fact Friday. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  4. ↑ Malloch, David (2019). "Tooth Fungi". New Brunswick Museum.


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