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Black Tooth

Phellodon niger

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 102, February 75, March 118, April 185, May 267, June 292, July 312, August 268, September 197, October 147, November 80, December 63.
United States2,485
Alaska2,107
Australia279
Canada248
Victoria209
Ontario124
Michigan64
North Carolina48
New York48
Tennessee46

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Classification

KingdomFungi Including Lichens · Fungi
PhylumBasidiomycete Fungi · Basidiomycota
ClassMushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies · Agaricomycetes
OrderThelephorales
FamilyBankeraceae
GenusPhellodon

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