Phellodon P. Karst.
(a genus of stipitate tooth fungi)

Subtaxon	Rank	No of images	No of ID refs
Phellodon atratus a stipitate tooth fungus	Species		1 ident. refs
Phellodon fuligineoalbus Drab Tooth	Species	10 images	4 ident. refs
Phellodon melaleucus Grey Tooth	Species		1 ident. refs
Phellodon niger Black Tooth	Species		1 ident. refs
Phellodon tomentosus Woolly Tooth	Species		2 ident. refs
Phellodon violascens Spruce Tooth	Species		1 ident. refs

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Phellodon (a genus of stipitate tooth fungi)
Family	BANKERACEAE (a family of stipitate tooth fungi)
Order	THELEPHORALES (an order of basidiomycete fungi)
Subclass	AGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
Class	AGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	AGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Dickson, G., Kirk, P, Roberts, P. & Spooner, B.		British fungi - Keys	www.fieldmycology.net/FRDBI/keys.asp

Phellodon (a genus of stipitate tooth fungi) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

BANKERACEAE
(a family of stipitate tooth fungi)

THELEPHORALES
(an order of basidiomycete fungi)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

Ectomycorrhizal fungi
(fungi that form ectomycorrhizae)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Phellodon (a genus of stipitate tooth fungi)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 19 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Phellodon (a genus of stipitate tooth fungi)

Phellodon is not always easy to distinguish from Hydnellum, the other major genus of stipitate hydnoids.

Hydnellum

Phellodon

Smell none or mealy weakly fenugreek (drying stronger)

Spore print brownish whitish

Spores with tubercles, warts or spines spinose

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Phellodon P. Karst.
(a genus of stipitate tooth fungi)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Phellodon is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)