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| synonyms: Pelziger Korkstacheling, Woolly Tooth |
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| location: North America, Europe |
| edibility: Inedible |
| fungus colour: White to cream, Brown |
| normal size: Less than 5cm |
| cap type: Funnel shaped |
| stem type: Lateral, rudimentary or absent |
| flesh: Mushroom has distinct or odd smell (non mushroomy) |
| spore colour: White, cream or yellowish |
| habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground |
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Phellodon tomentosus (L. ex Fr.) Banker Phellodon tomentosus
Pelziger Korkstacheling Woolly Tooth. Fruit bodies tough, shallowly funnel-shaped, mostly fused together with adjacent specimens. Cap 1.5–4cm across, flat to depressed, downy at first becoming wrinkled or ridged, sometimes pitted in the centre, initially white then yellowish-brown and finally deep brown with darker colour zones. Stem 5–10 x 2–8mm, arising from a common mycelial pad, smooth to fibrillose and mottled, yellow-brown to deep brown. Flesh pale brownish in cap, dark brown in stem. Smell of fenugreek when dry. Spines 1–2mm long, white then grey. Spores oval, minutely spiny, 3–3.5 x 2.5–3um. Habitat coniferous and mixed woodland. Season late summer. Uncommon. Not edible. Distribution, America and Europe.
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