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Hydnellum concrescensPhoto: ABFG libraryBack to the BAP list |
DescriptionGeneral: Small reddish-brown funnel shaped cap with pale margin and spiny under-surface; solitary or in groups, often fused, on soil in broad leaf woods.Dimensions: Cap 2-7cm dia; stem 1-3cm tall x 0.3-0.8cm dia. Fruit Body: Cap reddish-brown darkening towards the centre, margin pallid; shallowly infundibuliform, rosette-shaped, radially wrinkled, with small erect scales at the centre; stem brownish, equal or tapering downwards, downy, wrinkled; flesh: dark vinaceous-red, blackish towards the stem base, tough, corky; spines at first pallid then pinkish or reddish-brown, decurrent. |
Spores: Light brown, tuberculate, sub-spherical, non-amyloid, 4.5-6.0 x 3.5- 4.5 µm . Basidia 4 spored; cystidia absent. Odour: Faintly Mealy. Taste: Not distinctive. Chemical Tests: None. Occurrence: Late Summer to Autumn. |
| Qualifying criterion: 4.4: rare species associated with microhabitat |
| 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 mopst notably sweet chestnut, 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 update |
Total records: 399 |
| Earliest recording: 1844 | |
| Latest recording: 2005 | |
| Vice Counties and (frequency): 2(2); 3(14); 6(4); 9(8); 11(126); 12(19); 14(3); 15(6); 16(17); 17(47); 18(3); 22(25); 23(1); 24(7); 27(3); 34(6); 36(3);40(5); 48(1); 50(1); 54(2); 60(4); 62(3); 69(2); 70(6); 88(9); 89(1); 92(1); 95(4); 96(16); 110(1); 103(11) | |
| Pre-1960: 140 records | |
| NBN Gateway grid map | Post-1960: 259 records |