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| location: North America, Europe |
| edibility: Inedible |
| fungus colour: Grey to beige, Orange |
| normal size: 5-15cm |
| cap type: Cup shaped |
| stem type: Lateral, rudimentary or absent |
| spore colour: Light to dark brown |
| habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground |
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Hydnellum aurantiacum (Fr.) Karsten Fruit body often fused together. Cap 3-15cm across, flattened-depressed; orange-brown
to rusty cinnamon; tomentose-velvety, often with coarse lumps and protrusions at center when mature. Spines on undersurface white then brownish with white tips. Stem 30-60 x 10-20mm; orange to dark brown. Flesh distinctly zoned; orange to cinnamon. Odor fragrant, persistent. Taste not distinctive. Spores strongly tuberculate, 5.5-7.5 x 5-6µ. Deposit buff. Habitat under conifers, often in large groups. Common. Found throughout North America and in Europe. Season July-August. Not edible. |
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