Hydnellum spongiosipes

Hydnellum spongiosipes
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Thelephorales
Family:	Bankeraceae
Genus:	Hydnellum
Species:	H. spongiosipes
Binomial name
	Hydnellum spongiosipes; (Peck) Pouzar (1960)
Synonyms
	Hydnum spongiosipes Peck (1898); Hydnellum nuttallii Banker (1906); Hydnum nuttallii (Banker) Sacc. & Trotter (1912); Hydnellum velutinum var. spongiosipes (Peck) Maas Geest. (1957);

Hydnellum spongiosipes, commonly known as the velvet tooth,^[2] is a tooth fungus in the family Bankeraceae. It is found in Europe and North America. In Switzerland, it is considered a vulnerable species.^[3]

Taxonomy

The fungus was originally described as new to science in 1898 by American mycologist Charles Horton Peck, who placed it in the genus Hydnum.^[4] Zdeněk Pouzar transferred it to Hydnellum in 1960.^[5] Synonyms include Hydnellum nuttallii, published by Howard James Banker in 1906, and Hydnellum velutinum var. spongiosipes, published by Rudolph Arnold Maas Geesteranus in 1957.^[1]

Description

The cap is up to 8 centimetres (3+1⁄4 in) wide. The flesh is light brown on the outside and darker within. The spore print is brown.^[6]

Similar species

Lookalikes include H. concrescens, H. ferrugineum, and H. scrobiculatum.^[6]

Distribution

It is found in Europe and North America.^[7] In the latter, it appears in the east from July to September.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b "GSD Species Synonymy: Hydnellum spongiosipes (Peck) Pouzar". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2015-01-11.
^ "Recommended English Names for Fungi in the UK" (PDF). British Mycological Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-16.
^ Senn-Irlet B, Bieri G, Egli S (2007). Lista Rossa Macromiceti. Lista Rossa delle specie minacciate in Svizzera. UV-0718-I (Report) (in Italian). Bern: Ufficio federale dell’ambiente.
^ Peck CH. (1897). "Report of the State Botanist (1896)". Annual Report on the New York State Museum of Natural History. 50: 77–159 (see p. 111).
^ Pouzar Z. (1960). "The Kersko forest in the Central Elbe Region". Ceská Mykologie. 14 (2): 129–32.
^ ^a ^b ^c Audubon (2023). Mushrooms of North America. Knopf. p. 214. ISBN 978-0-593-31998-7.
^ Pegler DN, Roberts PJ, Spooner BM (1997). British Chanterelles and Tooth Fungi. Kew, UK: Royal Botanic Gardens. pp. 88–89. ISBN 978-1-900347-15-0.

External links

Hydnellum spongiosipes in Index Fungorum

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[urlFungorum_synonymy:_Hydnellum_spongiosipes-1] "GSD Species Synonymy: Hydnellum spongiosipes (Peck) Pouzar". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2015-01-11.

[BMS-2] "Recommended English Names for Fungi in the UK" (PDF). British Mycological Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-16.

[Senn-Irlet_2007-3] Senn-Irlet B, Bieri G, Egli S (2007). Lista Rossa Macromiceti. Lista Rossa delle specie minacciate in Svizzera. UV-0718-I (Report) (in Italian). Bern: Ufficio federale dell’ambiente.

[Peck_1897-4] Peck CH. (1897). "Report of the State Botanist (1896)". Annual Report on the New York State Museum of Natural History. 50: 77–159 (see p. 111).

[Pouzar_1960-5] Pouzar Z. (1960). "The Kersko forest in the Central Elbe Region". Ceská Mykologie. 14 (2): 129–32.

[audu-6] Audubon (2023). Mushrooms of North America. Knopf. p. 214. ISBN 978-0-593-31998-7.

[Pegler_1997-7] Pegler DN, Roberts PJ, Spooner BM (1997). British Chanterelles and Tooth Fungi. Kew, UK: Royal Botanic Gardens. pp. 88–89. ISBN 978-1-900347-15-0.

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