The genus was circumscribed by Finnish mycologist Petter Karsten in 1881 with Climacodon septentrionalis as the type species. This fungus was originally described by Elias Magnus Fries in 1821 as Hydnum septentrionale.

Climacodon has been placed variously in the family Meruliaceae, or in the Phanerochaetaceae. Molecular analysis places Climacodon as a member of the Phlebioid clade.

Species

Climacodon annamensis (Har. & Pat.) Maas Geest. (1974)
Climacodon chlamydocystis Maas Geest. (1971)
Climacodon dubitativus (Lloyd) Ryvarden (1992) – Philippines
Climacodon pulcherrimus (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Nikol. (1961)
Climacodon roseomaculatus (Henn. & E.Nyman) Jülich (1982)
Climacodon sanguineus (Beeli) Maas Geest. (1971)
Climacodon septentrionalis (Fr.) P.Karst. (1881)

References

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{{cite journal |author1=Maas Geesteranus, R.A. |year=1971 |title=Hydnaceous fungi of the eastern old world |journal=Verhandelingen Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen Afdeling Natuurkunde |volume=60 |issue=3 |page=132}}

{{cite journal |author=Maas Geesteranus, R.A. |year=1962 |title=Hyphal structures in Hydnum |journal=Persoonia |volume=2 |issue=3 |pages=377–405 |url=http://www.cybertruffle.org.uk/cyberliber/61056/0002/003/0377.htm}}

{{cite book |author=Nikolajeva, T.L. |title=Flora plantarum cryptogamarum URSS. Fungi. Familia Hydnaceae |year=1961 |volume=6 |issue=2 |location=Moscow, Leningrad |page=194 |language=ru}}

{{cite journal |author=Ryvarden, L. |year=1992 |title=Type studies in the Polyporaceae. 23. Species described by C.G. Lloyd in Lenzites, Polystictus, Poria and Trametes |journal=Mycotaxon |volume=44 |issue=1 |pages=127–136 |url=http://www.cybertruffle.org.uk/cyberliber/59575/0044/001/0127.htm}}

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Category:Phanerochaetaceae

Category:Polyporales genera

Category:Taxa named by Petter Adolf Karsten

Category:Taxa described in 1881