Checklist of the British & Irish Basidiomycota

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Phellodon melaleucus (Sw.) P. Karst., Revue mycol. Toulouse 3(no. 9): 19 (1881)

Hydnum melaleucum Sw., in Fries, Observ. mycol. (Leipzig) 1: 141 (1815)
Hydnum graveolens (Pers.) Fr., Epicr. syst. mycol. (Uppsala): 509 (1838)
Phellodon graveolens (Pers.) P. Karst., Bidr. Känn. Finl. Nat. Folk 37: 96 (1882)
Phellodon alboniger (Peck) Banker, Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 12: 167 (1902)

Habitat: On soil in deciduous and coniferous woodland. Known with Pinus sylvestris, Betula spp., Castanea, Fagus and Quercus spp.

Notes: Occasional but widespread and may be locally frequent.

Distribution: E: o, S: o, W: !, NI: !, ROI: o

Vouchers: England: K(M) 80017; Scotland: K(M) 25156; Wales: K(M) 38719; ROI: K(M) 38760

Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D+I:, in Phillips, R., Mushrooms and other fungi of Great Britain & Europe: 288 pp. (1981), p. 244-245
D+I:, in Pegler, D.N., Roberts, P.J. & Spooner, B.M., British Chanterelles and Tooth Fungi: an account of the British Cantharelloid and stipitate Hydnoid Fungi, (Ed.: Pegler D.N., Roberts P.J., and Spooner B.M.): 114 pp. (1997), p. 66-67
D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Non gilled fungi, Heterobasidiomycetes, Aphyllophorales, Gasteromycetes 2: 412 pp. (1986), p. 228, pl. 269

Conservation Status: Vulnerable (Red Data List, Ing 1992); removed from list (Red Data List, Evans et al. 2006); BAP species; Biodiversity Action Plan

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