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Hydnellum caeruleumPhoto: ABFG libraryBack to the BAP list |
DescriptionGeneral: Small bluish-grey to brownish funnel-shaped cap with whitish margin and spiny under surface; solitary or in groups, often fused, on soil in broad leaf and coniferous woods.Dimensions: Cap 3-7cm dia; stem 2-5cm tall x 1-2cm dia. Fruit Body: Cap bluish-grey darkening and becoming brownish towards the centre, margin remaining whitish; shallowly infundibuliform, rosette-shaped, radially wrinkled, first downy then smooth; stem brownish, equal or tapering downwards; flesh tinged bluish in cap, otherwise orange-brown, tough, corky; spines at first bluish then more pallid, finally brown, decurrent. |
Spores: Light brown, flattened, tuberculate, sub-spherical, non-amyloid, 5-6 x 4.0-4.5 µm . Basidia 4 spored; cystidia absent. Odour: Faintly Mealy. Taste: Not distinctive. Inedible. Chemical Tests: None. Occurrence: Late Summer to Autumn. |
| Qualifying criterion: 4.4: rare species associated with native pinewoods |
| Justification: current BAP action for stipitate hydnoid fungi needs to be continued |
| Threats: habitat destruction, vehicle compaction, mountain biking, track maintenance, felling of host trees, eutrophication |
| Action Required: Survey and monitoring; protection against habitat loss and degradation; site liaison and management; ecological research. |
Statistics:UK (excluding NI & CI) fungus records
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Total records: 118 |
| Earliest recording: 1871 | |
| Latest recording: 2007 | |
| Vice Counties and (frequency): 88(3); 92(25); 95(3); 96(79); 98(2) | |
| Pre-1960: 6 records | |
| NBN Gateway grid map | Post-1960: 112 records |
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