Phellodon melaleucus

Phellodon melaleucus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Thelephorales
Family: Bankeraceae
Genus: Phellodon
Species: P. melaleucus
Binomial name
Phellodon melaleucus
(Sw. ex Fr.) P.Karst. (1881)
Synonyms[1]
  • Hydnum melaleucum Sw. ex Fr. (1815)
  • Hydnellum melaleucum (Sw. ex Fr.) P.Karst. (1879)

Phellodon melaleucus, commonly known as the grey tooth,[2] is a species of tooth fungus in the family Bankeraceae. It was originally described by Elias Magnus Fries in 1815 as a species of Hydnum.[3] In 1881, Petter Karsten included it as one of the original three species in his newly circumscribed genus Phellodon.[4] The fungus is widely distributed in Europe and North America, where it associates mycorrhizally with a wide range of host trees. It is considered vulnerable in Switzerland.[5]

References

  1. "GSD Species Synonymy: Phellodon melaleucus (Sw. ex Fr.) P. Karst.". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2015-09-18.
  2. "Recommended English Names for Fungi in the UK" (PDF). British Mycological Society.
  3. Fries EM. (1815). "Observationes mycologicae" (in Latin). 1. Copenhagen: Gerhard Bonnier: 134.
  4. Karsten PA. (1881). "Enumeratio Hydnearum Fr. Fennicarum, systemate novo dispositarum". Revue mycologique, Toulouse (in Latin). 3 (9): 19.
  5. Senn-Irlet B, Bieri G, Egli S (2007). Lista Rossa Macromiceti. Lista Rossa delle specie minacciate in Svizzera. UV-0718-I (Report) (in Italian). Bern: Ufficio federale dell’ambiente.


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