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

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Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusPhellodon (a genus of stipitate tooth fungi)
FamilyBANKERACEAE (a family of stipitate tooth fungi)
OrderTHELEPHORALES (an order of basidiomycete fungi)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
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:

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