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Hydnellum scrobiculatumPhoto: 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 2-4.5cm dia; stem 1-2cm tall x 0.2-1.0cm dia. Fruit Body: Cap at first pallid then pinkish-brown, darkening towards the centre, margin more pallid; shallowly infundibuliform, rosette-shaped, radially wrinkled, with small spiky projections and coarsely roughened at the centre; stem concolorous, 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, tuberculate, sub-spherical, non-amyloid, 5.5-6.5 x 4.5-5.5 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: 202 |
| Earliest recording: 1860 | |
| Latest recording: 2004 | |
| Vice Counties and (frequency): 3(4); 5(1); 6(1); 11(15); 16(4); 17(49); 18(2); 22(26); 24(2); 27(1); 34(1); 37(2); 38(5); 40(1); 49(3); 55(1); 60(2); 62(1); 69(1); 70(3); 88(2); 92(5); 96(36); 106(3) | |
| Pre-1960: 62 records | |
| NBN Gateway grid map | Post-1960: 140 records |