Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Thelephorales Family: Bankeraceae
Species: Phellodon melaleucus (Sw. ex Fr.) P. Karst.
Synonyms: Hydnum albonigrum
Hydnum fuscum subsp. foetens
Hydnum graveolens
Hydnum leptopus ? graveolens
Hydnum leptopus var. graveolens
Hydnum melaleucum
Hydnum pullum
Phellodon alboniger
Phellodon graveolens
Common Name: Grey Tooth


UK Biodiversity Action Plan (2007): UK Priority Species
NI Biodiversity Action Plan: Northern Ireland Priority Species
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Phellodon melaleucusPhotographer: © Stuart Dunlop
Photographer: © Stuart Dunlop

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Quercus (1)
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Soil (1)
Stump (1)
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January (2)