Phellodon

Phellodon
Phellodon niger
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Thelephorales
Family: Bankeraceae
Genus: Phellodon
P.Karst. (1881)
Type species
Phellodon niger
(Fr.) P.Karst. (as 'nigrum') (1881)
Species

16, see text

Phellodon is a genus of fungi in the family Bankeraceae. The genus contains 16 species found in Europe, North America,[1] Australia and New Zealand.[2] Phellodon was circumscribed by Finnish mycologist Petter Karsten in 1881.[3]

Species

References

  1. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 520. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  2. Cunningham, G. H. (1957–58). "Hydnaceae of New Zealand". National Library of New Zealand. p. 590. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
  3. Karsten PA. (1881). "Enumeratio Hydnearum Fr. Fennicarum, systemate novo dispositarum". Revue mycologique, Toulouse (in Latin) 3 (9): 19–21.

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