''Phellodon tomentosus'', commonly known as the zoned phellodon or zoned cork hydnum, is a species of

tooth fungus The hydnoid fungi are a group of fungi in the Basidiomycota with basidiocarps (fruit bodies) producing spores on pendant, tooth-like or spine-like projections. They are colloquially called tooth fungi. Originally such fungi were referred to the g ...

in the family

Bankeraceae The ''Bankeraceae'' are a family of fungi in the order Thelephorales. Taxa are terrestrial, and ectomycorrhizal with plant species in families such as Pinaceae or Fagaceae. The family was circumscribed by Marinus Anton Donk in 1961. According ...

. First described as ''Hydnum tomentosum'' by

Carl Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...

in 1753, it was transferred to the genus ''

Phellodon ''Phellodon'' is a genus of tooth fungi in the family Bankeraceae. Species have small- to medium-sized fruitbodies with white spines on the underside from which spores are released. All ''Phellodon'' have a short stalk or stipe, and so the g ...

'' by

Howard James Banker Howard James Banker (April 19, 1866 – November 13, 1940) was an American mycology, mycologist. He received his PhD from Columbia University in 1908. Banker was an associate editor of the journal ''Mycologia'' starting from its establishment in 190 ...

in 1906. It is found in Asia, Europe, and North America. The brown mushroom's cap is 1.5–5 cm wide, broad, flat, or funnel-shaped, sometimes fused with others, zoned with a white margin, dry, thin, and fragrant-smelling; the taste is mild to bitter. The spines on the undersurface are 1–3 mm long, grayish-brown with pale tips, some running down the upper portion of the stalk. The flesh is brown. The stalk is 1–5 cm tall and 2–5 mm wide. The spores are white and more or less globose and spiny. The mushroom is inedible. Similar species include '' Phellodon atratus'', ''Coltricia cinnamomea'', '' Sarcodon fuscoindicus''.

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Fungi described in 1753 Fungi of Asia Fungi of Europe Fungi of North America Inedible fungi tomentosus Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus Fungus species {{Agaricomycetes-stub