Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Thelephorales Family: Bankeraceae
Species: Phellodon niger (Fr.) P. Karst.
Synonyms: Hydnellum nigrum
Hydnum melilotinum
Hydnum nigrum
Hydnum olivaceo-nigrum
Common Name: Black Tooth


UK Biodiversity Action Plan (2007): UK Priority Species
Swedish Indicator List: Woodland Indicator Species
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Phellodon niger

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Pinus sylvestris (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Built-up areas (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
October (1)