Ciri dan struktur
Phellodon secretus has a distinctive growth habit, typically emerging in sheltered spaces beneath fallen pine trunks or rootstocks, with only a few centimetres of gap between the soil and decayed wood. The basidiocarps (fruiting bodies) initially emerge from the humus as thin, needle-like black mycology about 1 mm in diameter. The cap (pileus) only begins to develop after the stipe makes contact with the overhanging wood surface above. The mature fruiting body is small, slender and fragile. The pileus is plane or funnel-shaped, sometimes irregularly roundish and lobed, measuring 0.9–3 cm (occasionally up to 5.5 cm) in diameter. It is thin (0.3–1.5 mm, rarely up to 3.5 mm) and cottony soft throughout. Young specimens are white with an ash-grey tint, while older specimens become darker grey or develop a sepia hue. The pileus is evenly coloured in young specimens, becoming paler towards the margin in older ones, but lacks the zonation pattern seen in some related species. The lower surface of the pileus bears slender, sharp hymenial spines that are initially white but later become light greyish-white. These spines are regular, dense, 0.3–0.9 mm long (occasionally up to 1.5 mm) and 0.06–0.12 mm in diameter at the base. The stipe is black, glabrous (smooth), very thin (0.3–1.8 mm, rarely up to 2.3 mm) and of even thickness, reaching 10–18 mm in length. It becomes brittle when dried. Fresh specimens are odourless, while dried specimens emit a very faint spicy scent. The flesh turns olivaceous (pale brownish green) when treated with potassium hydroxide (KOH) solution. Microscopically, P. secretus has a monomitic hyphal system with simple-septate hyphae (lacking clamp connections).
Habitat dan peran ekologis
In its original description, P. secretus was noted as strictly associated with old‑growth Pinus sylvestris woodlands, growing in the narrow gap between humus and fallen pine trunks or kelo rootstocks. British records come from Castanea sativa–pine mixed stands at two Fagaceae‑associated hydnoid hotspots (Buttersteep and Rapley 2–4) in Swinley Forest, Berkshire. Fruiting bodies were found beneath chestnut plant litter on low mossy mounds, often close (≤ 10 m) to Scots pine; lifting overlying wood sometimes broke the stipe, leaving the pileus attached to the wood above. Below‑ground, soil eDNA sampling detected P. secretus in three quadrats at each of the two sites, plus a further quadrat 750 m away on Mill pond embankment, indicating a wider mycelial presence than fruiting bodies alone reveal. Although no further records have yet appeared outside Finland and England, identical or near‑identical barcodes have since been reported from Estonia, Portugal and Russia, and a mycorrhizal root tip from California (Pinus muricata) indicates a Holarctic distribution.
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Phellodon secretus has a distinctive growth habit, typically emerging in sheltered spaces beneath fallen pine trunks or rootstocks, with only a few centimetres of gap between the soil and decayed wood. The basidiocarps (fruiting bodies) initially emerge from the humus as thin, needle-like black mycology about 1 mm in diameter. The cap (pileus) only begins to develop after the stipe makes contact with the overhanging wood surface above. The lower surface of the pileus bears slender, sharp hymenial spines that are initially white but later become light greyish-white. These spines are regular, dense, 0.3–0.9 mm long (occasionally up to 1.5 mm) and 0.06–0.12 mm in diameter at the base. The stipe is black, glabrous (smooth), very thin (0.3–1.8 mm, rarely up to 2.3 mm) and of even thickness, reaching 10–18 mm in length.
Catatan identitas dan cakupan
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Dokumentasi Phellodon secretus dari Wikimedia Commons. Fruit bodies of the tooth fungus Phellodon secretus . Identifikasi mengikuti record berkas sumber.
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- [1] Phellodon secretus — Wikipedia (en)
- [2] Catalogue of Life Base2026-09-11 — Phellodon secretus
- [3] Dokumentasi visual — Phellodon secretus
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Fungi. Phellodon secretus. Rilis data fungi-2026-10-12-expansion-2. https://fungi-atlas.mgadib.chatgpt.site/jamur/phellodon-secretus/.
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