Phellodon confluens (Pers.) Pouzar
(Fused Tooth)

Interactions where Phellodon confluens is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage		Summary			Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Taxon Uncertain	Active State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Uncertain	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Indoors etc	Season
fruitbody		fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root			Betula pendula	Silver Birch	Fagales: Betulaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Thelephorales/Bankeraceae/Phellodon confluens/	Phellodon confluens	fused tooth				fruitbody	Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhiza	Relationship uncertain		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Betula pendula/	Betula pendula	silver birch		live	root		Major
fruitbody		fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root			Castanea sativa	Sweet Chestnut	Fagales: Fagaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Thelephorales/Bankeraceae/Phellodon confluens/	Phellodon confluens	fused tooth				fruitbody	Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhiza	Relationship uncertain		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/	Castanea sativa	sweet chestnut		live	root		Major
fruitbody		fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root			Fagus	beeches	Fagales: Fagaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Thelephorales/Bankeraceae/Phellodon confluens/	Phellodon confluens	fused tooth				fruitbody	Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhiza	Relationship uncertain		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/	Fagus	beeches		live	root		Major
fruitbody		fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root			Quercus	oaks	Fagales: Fagaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Thelephorales/Bankeraceae/Phellodon confluens/	Phellodon confluens	fused tooth				fruitbody	Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhiza	Relationship uncertain		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus/	Quercus	oaks		live	root		Major
fruitbody		fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root			[Broadleaved trees]	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Thelephorales/Bankeraceae/Phellodon confluens/	Phellodon confluens	fused tooth				fruitbody	Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhiza	Relationship uncertain		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/	Broadleaved trees	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		live	root
fruitbody		fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root			Pinus sylvestris	Scots Pine	Pinales: Pinaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Thelephorales/Bankeraceae/Phellodon confluens/	Phellodon confluens	fused tooth				fruitbody	Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhiza	Relationship uncertain		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus sylvestris/	Pinus sylvestris	Scots pine		live	root		Rare

Author & Year	Title	Source
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota	517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Phellodon confluens (Fused Tooth) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Ectomycorrhizal fungi
(fungi that form ectomycorrhizae)

Phellodon confluens (Fused Tooth) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

Ectomycorrhizal fungi
(fungi that form ectomycorrhizae)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Phellodon confluens (Fused Tooth)
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)

Phellodon confluens is also a member of:
Macromycetes - larger fungi, macrofungi (via Thelephorales)
Ectomycorrhizal fungi - fungi that form ectomycorrhizae (via Thelephorales)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Phellodon confluens (Fused Tooth)

Phellodon confluens (Fused Tooth) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Phellodon
(a genus of stipitate tooth fungi)

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))

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Phellodon confluens (Fused Tooth):

Phellodon
(a genus of stipitate tooth fungi)

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))

Endangered

Annex

Tranche 2, Feb 1999

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