Hydnellum mirabile (Fr.) Karsten Fruit body 5-15cm across. Cap flattened; dull brownish white to dark brown, margin dirty yellow, darker where bruised; weeping a dark brown fluid when young; rough or roughly hairy. Spines on undersurface light brown with paler tips. Stem 10-50 x 10-25mm, tapered below; pale brown with a darker brown tomentum at base. Flesh pallid to brownish. Odor mealy. Spores subglobose, tuberculate, 5-7 x 4.5-6µ. Deposit buff brown. Habitat solitary to clustered in mixed woods. Found in Canada across to the Pacific Northwest and in Europe. Season August-November. Inedible.