Hydnellum P. Karst.
(a genus of stipitate tooth fungi)

Subtaxon	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Hydnellum aurantiacum Orange Tooth	Species			3 ident. refs
Hydnellum caeruleum Blue Tooth	Species			2 ident. refs
Hydnellum concrescens Zoned Tooth	Species		85 images	2 ident. refs
Hydnellum cumulatum Rosette Tooth	Species			2 ident. refs
Hydnellum ferrugineum Mealy Tooth	Species		6 images	1 ident. refs
Hydnellum gracilipes Graceful Tooth	Species			2 ident. refs
Hydnellum peckii Devil’s Tooth	Species		7 images	1 ident. refs
Hydnellum scrobiculatum Ridged Tooth, Tooth Fungus	Species			1 ident. refs
Hydnellum spongiosipes Velvet Tooth	Species			1 ident. refs
[Hydnellum peckii agg.] a group of tooth fungi	Informal	2 subtaxa	13 images	4 ident. refs

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Hydnellum (a genus of stipitate tooth fungi)
Family	BANKERACEAE (a family of stipitate tooth fungi)
Order	THELEPHORALES (an order of basidiomycete fungi)
Subclass	AGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
Class	AGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	AGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Dickson, G., Kirk, P, Roberts, P. & Spooner, B.		British fungi - Keys	www.fieldmycology.net/FRDBI/keys.asp
	Nitare, J., Ainsworth, A.M., Larsson, E.. Parfitt, D., Suz, L.M., Svantesson,S. & Larsson, K.-H.	2021	Four new species of Hydnellum (Thelephorales, Basidiomycota) with a note on Sarcodon illudens	Fungal Systematics and Evolution Vol 7: 233-254.

Hydnellum (a genus of stipitate tooth fungi) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

BANKERACEAE
(a family of stipitate tooth fungi)

THELEPHORALES
(an order of basidiomycete fungi)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

Ectomycorrhizal fungi
(fungi that form ectomycorrhizae)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Hydnellum (a genus of stipitate tooth fungi)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 21 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Hydnellum (a genus of stipitate tooth fungi)

Hydnellum is not always easy to distinguish from Phellodon, the other major genus of stipitate hydnoids.

Hydnellum

Phellodon

Smell none or mealy weakly fenugreek (drying stronger)

Spore print brownish whitish

Spores with tubercles, warts or spines spinose

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Hydnellum P. Karst.
(a genus of stipitate tooth fungi)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Hydnellum is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)