Phellodon niger

Phellodon niger
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Thelephorales
Family: Bankeraceae
Genus: Phellodon
Species:
P. niger
Binomial name
Phellodon niger
(Fr.) P.Karst. (1881)
Synonyms[1]
  • Hydnum nigrum Fr. (1815)
  • Hydnellum nigrum (Fr.) P.Karst. (1879)
  • Calodon niger (Fr.) Quél. (1886)

Phellodon niger, commonly known as the black tooth,[2] is a species of tooth fungus in the family Bankeraceae, and the type species of the genus Phellodon. It was originally described by Elias Magnus Fries in 1815 as a species of Hydnum.[3] Petter Karsten included it as one of the original three species when he circumscribed Phellodon in 1881.[4] The fungus is found in Europe and North America, although molecular studies suggest that the North American populations represent a similar but genetically distinct species.

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