Abstract
The finding of clamps throughout the tissues in Phellodon fibulatus sp. nov. raises a question as to the recognition of the family Bankeraceae, characterized mainly by hyaline echinulate spores and a distinctive odor when dried. Grand and Moore have shown that the ornamentation on the spores of Phellodon is the same as in Hydnellum and Hydnum, and Brady reports the presence of the thelephoric acid in the same genera. This leaves hyaline spores as the only significant difference between Hydnellum and Phellodon. Odor of the dried specimens is considered to be of doubtful value as a family character. It is concluded that the family Bankeraceae is superfluous, and its genera are referred to the Hydnaceae.
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