Hydnellum pineticola Harrison Fruit body single to joined in masses. Cap 5-15cm across; purplish cinnamon to vinaceous, then dark brown, often with pink droplets in wet weather, bruising blackish. Spines on undersurface dull brown, tips paler. Stem 25-50 x 10-25mm, bulbous; paler than cap; woolly-felted. Flesh firm, tough; dark cinnamon in cap. Odor farinaceous. Spores subglobose, tuberculate, 4.5-6 x 4-5µ. Deposit dull brown. Habitat under pine on sandy soils. Found in Canada and Michigan. Season August-October. Inedible.