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Phellodon melaleucusPhoto: ABFG libraryBack to the BAP list |
DescriptionGeneral: Medium-sized greyish-brown irregular plate-like cap with white margin, spiny under surface and dark spongy stem; solitary or in groups, often fused, on soil in broad leaf and coniferous woods, often associated with bilberry (Vaccinium), also with sweet chestnut.Dimensions: Cap 2-8cm dia; stem 1-3cm tall x 0.3-1.0cm dia. Fruit Body: Cap grey with brown or yellow tinges, darkening towards the centre, with whitish margin, shallowly infundibuliform, rosette-shaped, radially wrinkled and downy, margin smooth; stem concolorous or darker, equal, fibrillose but glabrous, typically several fused together; flesh: reddish-brown, darker in the stem; tough and corky; spines at first whitish or pallid then brown, more or less decurrent. |
Spores: Hyaline, spiny, sub-spherical, non- amyloid, 3.5-4.5 x 3-4 µm . Basidia 4 spored; cystidia absent. Odour: Fresh, not distinctive; dry, spicy. Taste: Slightly Bitter. Chemical Tests: None. Occurrence: Late Summer to Autumn. |
| Qualifying criterion: 4.4: uncommon species associated with microhabitat |
| Justification: current BAP action for stipitate hydnoid fungi needs to be continued |
| Threats: habitat destruction of banks, paths and tracksides, vehicle compaction, mountain biking, felling of host trees especially sweet chestnut, eutrophication |
| Action Required: Survey and monitoring; protection against habitat loss and degradation; site liaison and management. |
Statistics:UK (excluding NI & CI) fungus records
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Total records: 356 |
| Earliest recording: 1851 | |
| Latest recording: 2007 | |
| Vice Counties and (frequency): 2(8); 3(13); 11(19); 12(5); 13(1); 15(1); 16(4); 17(62); 22(31); 24(4); 36(1); 37(8); 40(8); 48(7); 49(8); 51(1); 60(4); 70(1); 88(2); 92(4); 95(21); 96(89); 103(3); 106(1) | |
| Pre-1960: 140 records | |
| NBN Gateway grid map | Post-1960: 216 records |