Climacodon sanguineus

Climacodon sanguineus is a rare species of tooth fungus in the family Meruliaceae that is found in Africa.
Taxonomy.
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
 Rudolph Arnold Maas Geesteranus transferred the species to genus "Climacodon" in 1971.
Phylogenetic data shows that "C. sanguineus" forms a well-supported clade with the type species of "Climacodon", " C. septentrionale", which nests in the Phlebioid clade.
Description.
The bright red, funnel-shaped fruit bodies of this fungus are up to tall. They have sharp, cylindrical spines on the underside of the cap. "C. sanguineus" has a monomitic hyphal system, containing only generative hyphae. These hyphae have a septum; some of the hyphae comprising the cap and in the core of the spines have clamps. The cystidia, which are scattered on the surface on the spines (the spore-bearing surface), are double-walled with a discontinuous internal lumen. The spores are ellipsoid in shape, translucent, and measure 4–5 by 2–2.5 μm.