Hydnellum fuscoindicum

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Hydnellum fuscoindicum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Thelephorales
Family: Bankeraceae
Genus: Hydnellum
Species:
H. fuscoindicum
Binomial name
Hydnellum fuscoindicum
(K.A.Harrison) E.Larss., K.H.Larss. & Kõljalg[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Hydnum fuscoindicum K.A.Harrison (1964)
  • Sarcodon fuscoindicus (K.A.Harrison) Maas Geest. (1967)

Hydnellum fuscoindicum, commonly known as the violet hedgehog,[3] is a species of tooth fungus in the genus Hydnellum. It is found in the Pacific Northwest in moss around western hemlocks.[4] It produces fruit bodies with a violet-black cap, violet flesh, and violet spines on the cap underside. The odor and taste are very farinaceous.[4] The fungus was first described by Kenneth A. Harrison in 1964 as a species of Hydnum,[5] then transferred to Sarcodon in 1967 by Rudolph Arnold Maas Geesteranus. He placed this species in section Violacei of Sarcodon, along with H. fuligineoviolaceum and H. joeides.[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Larsson; Svantesson; Miscevic; Kõljalg; Larsson (2019). "Reassessment of the generic limits for Hydnellum and Sarcodon (Thelephorales, Basidiomycota)". MycoKeys. 54: 31–47.
  2. ^ "GSD Species Synonymy: Sarcodon fuscoindicus (K.A. Harrison) Maas Geest". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2014-06-10.
  3. ^ Arora, David (1986). Mushrooms demystified: a comprehensive guide to the fleshy fungi (Second ed.). Berkeley: Ten Speed Press. ISBN 978-0-89815-169-5.
  4. ^ a b Trudell, Steve; Ammirati, Joe (2009). Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest. Timber Press Field Guides. Portland, OR: Timber Press. p. 234. ISBN 978-0-88192-935-5.
  5. ^ Harrison KA (1964). "New or little known North American stipitate Hydnums". Canadian Journal of Botany. 42 (9): 1205–33. doi:10.1139/b64-116.
  6. ^ Maas Geesteranus RA. (1967). "Notes on hydnums – VII". Persoonia. 5 (1): 1–13 (see p. 10).

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Hydnellum fuscoindicum
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Teeth on hymenium
Cap is convex or depressed
Hymenium is decurrent
Stipe is bare
Spore print is brown
Ecology is mycorrhizal
Edibility is not recommended