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Bankera fuligineoalbaPhoto: ABFG libraryBack to the BAP list |
DescriptionGeneral: Medium-sized, yellowish-brown cap with spiny under surface; solitary or in groups, often fused, on soil, in pinewoods.Dimensions: Cap 5-10cm dia; stem 2-5cm tall x 0.5-2.0cm dia. Fruit Body: Cap at first pallid, then brown with yellow or red tinges, remaining more pallid at the margin, wavy, flattish, rosette-shaped, downy; stem white at the apex, becoming dull brownish below, equal or tapered towards the base, downy, sometimes eccentric. Flesh white with pinkish tinge at maturity, soft and spongy. Spines: At first white or pallid then grey or with russet-brown tinge, slightly decurrent, coarse. |
Spores: Hyaline, minutely spiny, sub-spherical or ovoid, non-amyloid, 4.5-5.5 x 2.5-3.5 µm. Basidia 4 spored; cystidia absent. Odour: Fresh, not distinctive; dry, spicy. Taste: Not distinctive. Inedible. Chemical Tests: None. Occurrence: Late Summer to Autumn. |
| Qualifying criterion: 4.4: very rare (less than 5 sites) with evidence of ongoing threat |
| Justification: need to continue current BAP action applied to stipitate hydnoid fungi; associated closely with banks, paths and tracksides |
| Threats: trampling, vehicle compaction, mountain biking, track maintenance, host tree felling; eutrophication |
| Action Required: Site protection and monitoring against habitat loss and degradation; further research |
Statistics:UK (excluding NI & CI) fungus records |
Total records: 245 |
| Earliest recording: 1863 | |
| Latest recording: 2005 | |
| Vice Counties and (frequency): 22(17); 63(2); 64(1); 88(34); 89(1); 92(31); 95(26); 96(103); 98(2); 106(4); 107(4) | |
| Pre-1960: 68 records | |
| NBN Gateway grid map | Post-1960: 177 records |
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