Hydnellum spongiosipes (Peck) Pouz. Filzstieliger Korkstacheling Velvet Tooth Fruit body single or fusing with others. Cap 2–7cm across, flattened-convex or slightly depressed, surface smooth and uneven, usually with one or two concentric grooves, whitish-yellow and velvety at first becoming flesh-coloured to brownish or cinnamon, finally dark brown bruising reddish. Stem 10–90 x 5–30mm, swollen below with a very thick spongy felt-like tomentum, dark reddish-brown. Smell mealy. Spines 1–6mm long, whitish at first, later dark brown. Spores irregular, tuberculate, 6–7 x 4.5–5.5um. Habitat deciduous woods, usually with oak. Season autumn. Uncommon. Inedible. Distribution, America and Europe.