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Phellodon

Phellodon is a genus of tooth fungi in the family Bankeraceae. Species have small- to medium-sized fruitbodies with white spines on the underside from which spores are released. All Phellodon have a short stalk or stipe, and so the genus falls into the group known as "stipitate hydnoid fungi". The tough and leathery flesh usually has a pleasant, fragrant odor, and develops a cork-like texture when dry. Neighboring fruitbodies can fuse together, sometimes producing large mats...

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38 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Phellodon niger

complexPhellodon niger

Woolly Tooth

speciesPhellodon tomentosus

Grey Tooth

speciesPhellodon melaleucus

Phellodon atratus

speciesPhellodon atratus

Fused Tooth

speciesPhellodon confluens

Drab Tooth

speciesPhellodon fuligineoalbus

Spruce Tooth

speciesPhellodon violascens

Phellodon sinclairii

speciesPhellodon sinclairii

Phellodon nothofagi

speciesPhellodon nothofagi

Phellodon sp. 'violascens-NB01'

speciesPhellodon sp. 'violascens-NB01'

Phellodon plicatus

speciesPhellodon plicatus

Phellodon maliensis

speciesPhellodon maliensis

Phellodon sp. 'CA01'

speciesPhellodon sp. 'CA01'

Phellodon mississippiensis

speciesPhellodon mississippiensis

Phellodon sp. 'tomentosus-PNW01'

speciesPhellodon sp. 'tomentosus-PNW01'

Phellodon sp. 'violascens-PNW01'

speciesPhellodon sp. 'violascens-PNW01'

Phellodon secretus

speciesPhellodon secretus

Phellodon sp. 'WA01'

speciesPhellodon sp. 'WA01'

Phellodon castaneoleucus

speciesPhellodon castaneoleucus

Phellodon excentrimexicanus

speciesPhellodon excentrimexicanus

Phellodon sp. 'QC01'

speciesPhellodon sp. 'QC01'

Phellodon sp. 'MX01'

speciesPhellodon sp. 'MX01'

Phellodon dititomentosus

speciesPhellodon dititomentosus

Phellodon indicus

speciesPhellodon indicus

Phellodon fibulatus

speciesPhellodon fibulatus

Phellodon ellisianus

speciesPhellodon ellisianus

Phellodon cinerea

speciesPhellodon cinerea

Phellodon albomarginatus

speciesPhellodon albomarginatus

Phellodon arcularius

speciesPhellodon arcularius

Phellodon longipes

speciesPhellodon longipes

Phellodon setulosus

speciesPhellodon setulosus

Phellodon substramineus

speciesPhellodon substramineus

Phellodon implicatus

speciesPhellodon implicatus

Phellodon rufipes

speciesPhellodon rufipes

Phellodon zonatus

speciesPhellodon zonatus

Phellodon albospinus

speciesPhellodon albospinus

Phellodon sp. 'niger-PNW03'

speciesPhellodon sp. 'niger-PNW03'

Phellodon putidus

speciesPhellodon putidus

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Illustrations of Fungi which Grow in Bavaria and the Palatinate around Ratisbon, Vols 1–2

Jacob Christian Schaeffer; C.H. Persoon (ed.) · 1800 · p.363

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