Woolly Tooth (Phellodon tomentosus)
Key Details
| Taxonomic Groups: | Fungus or lichen > fungus > Fungus |
| Red List Status: | (Not Relevant) [(not listed)(nr)] |
| D5 Status: | |
| Section 41 Status: | (not listed) |
| Taxa Included Synonym: | (none) |
| UKSI Recommended Name: | Phellodon tomentosus |
| UKSI Recommended Authority: | (L.) Banker |
| UKSI Recommended Qualifier: | (none specified) |
| Red List Citation: | (not listed) |
| Notes on taxonomy/listing: | (none) |
Criteria
| Question 1: | Does species need conservation or recovery in England? |
| Response: | No |
| Justification: | Assessed as Least Concern (2015), but this is based on a larger population in Scotland. As this species is ectomycorrhizal with Pinus, which is not native to England, it is not appropriate to define actions for conservation. |
| Question 2: | Does recovery/ conservation depend on species-specific actions? |
| Response: | No |
| Justification: | As this species is ectomycorrhizal with Pinus, which is not native to England, it is not appropriate to define actions for conservation. |
| Question 3: | At a landscape scale, would the species benefit from untargeted habitat management to increase habitat mosaics, structural diversity, or particular successional stages? |
| Response: | Yes |
| Justification: | Structural diversity in the habitat has been to shown to affect if and where this species produces fruitbodies. While it is not known whether the fungus is responding to a negative (edge of territory) or positive (break In vegetation) stimulus, this species usually fruits along river banks, well-beaten paths or other breaks in the woodland habitat. |
Species Assessment
Not relevant as no Key Actions defined.
Key Actions
No Key Actions Defined
Acknowledgment:
Data used on this website are adapted from Threatened species recovery actions 2025 baseline (JP065): Technical report and spreadsheet user guide (Natural England, 2025). Available here.