Bankera fuligineo-alba (Schmidt ex Fr.) Pouz. syn. Hydnum fuligineo-album Schmidt Rötender Stacheling Drab Tooth Cap 4–15cm across, flat becoming centrally depressed, fleshy, initially pallid becoming yellowish-brown and darkening with age, usually found covered in vegetable debris. Stem 10–50 x 8–25mm, with well-defined white apex, brownish below. Flesh whitish in cap occasionally flushed pink, pallid to yellowish-brown in stem. Smell of fenugreek when dry. Spines 1–6mm long, whitish then greyish. Spores white, oval, minutely spiny, 4.5–5.5 x 2.5–3.5µ. Habitat pine woods. Season autumn. Rare except in Highland pine forests. Not edible. Found In Europe. |