Auriscalpium vulgare S. F. Gray syn. Hydnum auriscalpium L. Ohrlöffelpilz Hydne cure-oreille, Earpick Fungus Cap 1–2cm across, kidney-shaped, thin and leathery, covered with yellow-brown to chestnut or blackish hairs. Stem 10–140´1–2mm, joined laterally to the cap, swollen towards the base, bristly, dark brown to blackish. Spines 1–3mm long, dark flesh-colour to brown at first becoming paler as they are dusted with the ripening spores. Spores white, subglobose to broadly ovate, minutely spinulose, amyloid, 4.5–5.5 x 3.5–4.5µ. Habitat on buried decaying pine cones. Season all year. Occasional. Not edible. Distribution, America and Europe.