Phellodon
Encyclopedia
Phellodon is a genus
of fungi in the family
Bankeraceae
. The genus contains 16 species found in Europe and North America. Phellodon was circumscribed by Finnish mycologist Petter Karsten in 1881.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of fungi in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Bankeraceae
Bankeraceae
The Bankeraceae are a family of fungi in the order Boletales. Taxa are terrestrial, and ectomycorrhizal with species such as Pinaceae or Fagaceae.-External links:*...
. The genus contains 16 species found in Europe and North America. Phellodon was circumscribed by Finnish mycologist Petter Karsten in 1881.
Species
- Phellodon atratus
- Phellodon confluens
- Phellodon excentrimexicanus
- Phellodon fibulatus
- Phellodon implicatus
- Phellodon maliensis
- Phellodon melaleucus
- Phellodon niger
- Phellodon nothofagi
- Phellodon plicatus
- Phellodon putidus
- Phellodon rufipes
- Phellodon secretus
- Phellodon sinclairii
- Phellodon tenuis
- Phellodon tomentosus