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| location: North America, Europe |
| edibility: Inedible |
| fungus colour: Brown |
| normal size: 5-15cm |
| cap type: Funnel shaped |
| stem type: Lateral, rudimentary or absent |
| flesh: Flesh discolours when cut, bruised or damaged, Mushroom has distinct or odd smell (non mushroomy) |
| spore colour: Light to dark brown |
| habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground |
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Hydnellum mirabile (Fr.) Karsten Fruit body 5-15cm across. Cap flattened; dull brownish white to dark brown, margin dirty yellow, darker where bruised; weeping a dark brown fluid when young; rough or roughly hairy. Spines on undersurface light brown with paler tips. Stem 10-50 x 10-25mm, tapered below; pale brown with a darker brown tomentum at base. Flesh pallid to brownish. Odor mealy. Spores subglobose, tuberculate, 5-7 x 4.5-6µ. Deposit buff brown. Habitat solitary to clustered in mixed woods. Found in Canada across to the Pacific Northwest and in Europe. Season August-November. Inedible. |
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