Phellodon melaleucus (Sw. ex Fr.) P. Karst.
(Grey Tooth)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Phellodon melaleucus (Grey Tooth)
Genus	Phellodon (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)

Phellodon melaleucus is also a member of:
Macromycetes - larger fungi, macrofungi (via Thelephorales)
Ectomycorrhizal fungi - fungi that form ectomycorrhizae (via Thelephorales)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Ainsworth,A.M., Parfitt, D., Rogers, H.J. & Boddy, L.	2010	Cryptic taxa within European species of Hydnellum and Phellodon revealed by combined molecular and morphological analysis	FungEcol Vol 03 (2): 65-80.

Phellodon melaleucus (Grey Tooth) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Phellodon
(a genus of stipitate tooth fungi)

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 Phellodon melaleucus (Grey Tooth)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 5 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Phellodon melaleucus (Grey Tooth)

Vulnerable

Annex

Tranche 2, Feb 1999

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Phellodon melaleucus is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)