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Sarcodon scabrosusPhoto: Marek SnowarskiBack to the BAP list |
DescriptionGeneral: Medium to large, chestnut-brown cap with spiny under surface; solitary or in groups, often fused, on soil, in hardwood forest typically with beech, oak and chestnut but also reported from coniferous woods.Dimensions: Cap 4-14cm dia; stem 3-10cm tall x 1.0-3.5cm dia. Fruit Body: Cap chestnut-brown with pinkish tinges, blackish with age; convex to flattened, centre depressed or umbonate, upper surface splitting into furrows, with upturned scales especially at the centre; stem pallid pinkish-brown, blue-green towards the base, equal or tapered towards the base. Flesh whitish with pinkish tinge at maturity, grey-green towards the stem base, firm. Spines: Greyish-pink to purplish-brown, only slightly decurrent. |
Spores: Brown, with coarse flat tubercles, sub-spherical, 7-9 x 5.5-7.5 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 with restricted microhabitat |
| Justification: current BAP action needs to be continued |
| Threats: threats to habitat of banks, paths and tracksides by trampling, compaction, mountain biking, felling of host trees especially sweet chestnut; eutrophication |
| Action Required: Survey and monitoring; protection against habitat loss and degradation; ecological assessment, taxonomic research. |
Statistics:UK (excluding NI & CI) fungus records |
Total records: 59 |
| Earliest recording: 1882 | |
| Latest recording: 2005 | |
| Vice Counties and (frequency): 11(1); 12(2); 16(5); 24(2); 88(1); 92(2); 95(3); 96(18) | |
| Pre-1960: 13 records | |
| NBN Gateway grid map | Post-1960: 46 records |