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Hydnellum spongiosipesPhoto: ABFG libraryBack to the BAP list |
DescriptionGeneral: Small brown irregular cap with paler margin, spiny under surface and dark spongy stem; solitary or in groups, often fused, on soil in broad leaf woods favouring oak and beech.Dimensions: Cap 2-19cm dia; stem 2-6cm tall x 1-3cm dia. Fruit Body: Cap pallid or cinnamon-brown, margin more pallid; at first top-shaped becoming shallowly infundibuliform, rosette-shaped, downy, unevenly wrinkled and tuberculate; stem dark brown with whitish dots, stout, equal or tapering downwards, densely downy; flesh: dark russet-brown; thick and spongy; spines at first pallid then russet brown, decurrent, coarse. |
Spores: Light brown, coarsely tuberculate, sub-spherical, non-amyloid, 5.5-6.5 x 4.5-5.5 µm. Basidia 4 spored; cystidia absent. Odour: Not Distinctive. 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 especially 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: 194 |
| Earliest recording: 1946 | |
| Latest recording: 2005 | |
| Vice Counties and (frequency): § 1(2); 2 (1); 9(3); 11(78); 12(3); 16(18); 17(37); 22(20); 26(10); 35(1); 88(1); 93(1) | |
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| NBN Gateway grid map | Post-1960: |