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| location: North America |
| edibility: Inedible |
| fungus colour: Brown, Grey to beige |
| 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 pineticola Harrison Fruit body single to joined in masses. Cap 5-15cm across; purplish cinnamon to vinaceous, then dark brown, often with pink droplets in wet weather, bruising blackish. Spines on undersurface dull brown, tips paler. Stem 25-50 x 10-25mm, bulbous; paler than cap; woolly-felted. Flesh firm, tough; dark cinnamon in cap. Odor farinaceous. Spores subglobose, tuberculate, 4.5-6 x 4-5µ. Deposit dull brown. Habitat under pine on sandy soils. Found in Canada and Michigan. Season August-October. Inedible. |
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