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Hydnellum peckiiPhoto: ABFG libraryBack to the BAP list |
DescriptionGeneral: Small pinkish-brown funnel-shaped cap with paler margin and spiny under-surface; solitary or in groups, often fused, on soil in broad leaf and coniferous woods.Dimensions: Cap 3-10cm dia; stem 1-5cm tall x 1-3cm dia. Fruit Body: Cap at first pallid then wine red with brighter red guttation drops that dry dull brown, margin white when young; shallowly infundibuliform, rosette-shaped, radially wrinkled, with small spiky projections and coarsely roughened at the centre; stem reddish-brown, equal or tapering downwards, downy or smooth, wrinkled; flesh: brown with pink tinge, often darker spotted; tough, corky; spines at first pallid then russet brown, decurrent, coarse. |
Spores: Light brown, bluntly tuberculate, sub-spherical, non-amyloid, 5-6 x 4.0-4.5 µm . Basidia 4 spored; cystidia absent. Odour: Faintly Sour. Taste: Hot, Acrid. 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, 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: 210 |
| Earliest recording: 1879 | |
| Latest recording: 2005 | |
| Vice Counties and (frequency): 88(4); 89(1); 92(32); 95(39); 96(111); 106(1); 107(4) | |
| Pre-1960: 23 records | |
| NBN Gateway grid map | Post-1960: 187 records |