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Phellodon tomentosusphoto: ABFG libraryBack to the BAP list |
DescriptionGeneral: Smallish brown irregular plate-like cap with white margin, spiny under surface and brown spongy stem; solitary or in groups, often fused, on soil in broad leaf and coniferous woods, often associated with bilberry (Vaccinium).Dimensions: Cap 2-6cm dia; stem 1-3cm tall x 0.3-0.8cm dia. Fruit Body: Cap reddish or hazel-brown, darkening towards the centre, with whitish margin, shallowly infundibuliform, rosette-shaped, radially wrinkled and downy, margin smooth; stem concolorous, equal, matted fibrillose, typically several fused together; flesh: reddish-brown, darker in the stem; tough and corky; spines at first whitish or pallid then grey, more or less decurrent. |
Spores: Hyaline, spiny, sub-spherical, non- amyloid, 3.5-4.0 x 2.5-3.5 µm . Basidia 4 spored; cystidia absent. Odour: Fresh, not distinctive; dry, of fenugreek. Taste: Slightly bitter. 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 VC details to be updated |
Total records: 291 records |
| Earliest recording: 1863 | |
| Latest recording: 2007 | |
| Vice Counties and (frequency): | |
| Pre-1960: 81 records | |
| NBN Gateway grid map | Post-1960: 210 records |