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| synonyms: Filzstieliger Korkstacheling, Velvet Tooth |
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| location: North America, Europe |
| edibility: Inedible |
| fungus colour: White to cream, Brown, Grey to beige |
| normal size: 5-15cm |
| cap type: Funnel shaped |
| stem type: Lateral, rudimentary or absent |
| flesh: 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 spongiosipes (Peck) Pouz. Filzstieliger Korkstacheling Velvet Tooth Fruit body single or fusing with others. Cap 2–7cm across, flattened-convex or slightly depressed, surface smooth and uneven, usually with one or two concentric grooves, whitish-yellow and velvety at first becoming flesh-coloured to brownish or cinnamon, finally dark brown bruising reddish. Stem 10–90 x 5–30mm, swollen below with a very thick spongy felt-like tomentum, dark reddish-brown. Smell mealy. Spines 1–6mm long, whitish at first, later dark brown. Spores irregular, tuberculate, 6–7 x 4.5–5.5um. Habitat deciduous woods, usually with oak. Season autumn. Uncommon. Inedible. Distribution, America and Europe.
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