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Hydnellum peckii.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Devil's Tooth, Rötlicher Korkstacheling
Hydnellum peckii Mushroom
Ref No: 7927
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Hydnellum peckii2 Mushroom
Ref No: 7928
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: White to cream, Red or redish or pink
normal size: 5-15cm
cap type: Funnel shaped
stem type: Lateral, rudimentary or absent
spore colour: Light to dark brown
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground

Hydnellum peckii Banker apud Peck syn. Hydnum peckii (Banker apud Peck) Trott. Rötlicher Korkstacheling Devil's Tooth. Fruit body single or becoming fused with others. Cap 3–7cm across, flattened convex to depressed, uneven or knobbly and ridged or pitted towards the centre, velvety at first and often covered in red droplets, initially white then pale vinaceous or brownish-pink darkening from the centre outwards to reddish-brown, purple or almost black. Stem 5–60 x 5–20mm, cylindrical or tapered towards the base, velvety, concolorous with the cap. Taste and smell not distinctive. Spines 1–4.5mm long, white at first becoming pale purplish-brown. Spores brown, tuberculate, 5–5.5 x 3.5–4um. Habitat coniferous woods. Season late summer to autumn. Uncommon – found in Scottish pine woods. Inedible. Distribution, America and Europe.

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