Fruiting bodies: 4-10 cm, convex to flattened and sometimes slightly depressed in the centre. It is more or less uneven, somewhat round to irregular. Upper surface: Usually has a dense covering of "hairs". It is initially whitish, but later turns slightly brownish with irregular blotches of dark-brown to nearly black colour where it is bruised. In maturity, the surface is fibrous and tough, greyish-brown in the central part, and somewhat woody. Hymenophore: Cylindrical and tapering teeth, less than 5 mm and pinkish-white initially and greyish-brown as it matures. They are crowded together, with 3-5 teeth/mm. Stem: Thick, very short, and often deformed. It becomes bulbous where it inserts into the ground, and may root into the ground for several centimetres. It is up to a cm wide, 2-3 cm tall above the ground. The upper part of the stem is covered with spines like the underside of the fruiting body; the lower part of the stem is hairy and often encases debris from the forest floor. Flesh: Pale pinkish-brown. Spore Print: Brown
Hydnellum peckii Banker 1912
🗒 Synonyms
synonym | Calodon diabolus (Banker) Snell 1956 |
synonym | Calodon peckii (Banker) Snell & E.A. Dick 1956 |
synonym | Hydnellum diabolus Banker 1913 |
synonym | Hydnellum rhizopes Coker 1939 |
synonym | Hydnum diabolus (Banker) Trotter 1925 |
synonym | Hydnum peckii (Banker) Sacc. 1925 |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Description
Mata, M, Penjor, Dawa & Pradhan, Sabitra. Fungi of Bhutan. Ministry of Agriculture and Forests, Department of Agiculutre, National Mushroom Centre, Semtokha. 2010
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
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📚 Natural History
Miscellaneous Details
Comments
The bright red droplets that cling to the surface of the cap in moist weather make this a striking ad easily identified mushroom. As in other Hydnellums, the cap varies considerably in colour and texture according to age and environmental conditions.
Mata, M, Penjor, Dawa & Pradhan, Sabitra. Fungi of Bhutan. Ministry of Agriculture and Forests, Department of Agiculutre, National Mushroom Centre, Semtokha. 2010
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Growing solitary, scattered or clustered together and terrestrial.
Mata, M, Penjor, Dawa & Pradhan, Sabitra. Fungi of Bhutan. Ministry of Agriculture and Forests, Department of Agiculutre, National Mushroom Centre, Semtokha. 2010
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📚 Occurrence
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📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
Uses
Unknown
Mata, M, Penjor, Dawa & Pradhan, Sabitra. Fungi of Bhutan. Ministry of Agriculture and Forests, Department of Agiculutre, National Mushroom Centre, Semtokha. 2010
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🐾 Taxonomy
Root | Root |
Kingdom | Fungi |
Phylum | Basidiomycota |
Class | Agaricomycetes |
Order | Thelephorales |
Family | Bankeraceae |
Genus | Hydnellum |
Species | Hydnellum peckii Banker 1912 |
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