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Phellodon melaleucus.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Grey Tooth, Schwarzweisser Korkstacheling, Szalagos szagosgereben
Phellodon melaleucus Mushroom
Ref No: 8561
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Phellodon melaleucus2 Mushroom
Ref No: 8562
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location: Europe
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: White to cream, Blue, Brown, Grey to beige
normal size: Less than 5cm
cap type: Funnel shaped
stem type: Lateral, rudimentary or absent
flesh: Mushroom has distinct or odd smell (non mushroomy)
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground

Phellodon melaleucus (Sw. apud. Fr. ex Fr.) Karst. syn. Hydnum melaleucum Sw. apud Fr. Schwarzweisser Korkstacheling Szalagos szagosgereben Grey Tooth. Fruit bodies usually fused together. Cap 1–4cm across, thin, funnel-shaped, centre roughened by pointed projections or pitted, velvety at first then radiately fibrous and wrinkled or grooved, initially white then greyish, often with blue tones, flesh-colour, reddish-brown or purplish-brown, finally almost black. Stem 10–20´1–5mm, often flattened, smooth or covered in fine fibres, blackish-brown. Flesh slate-grey with purplish tints. Taste slightly bitter, smell strong of fenugreek. Spines 1–2mm long, white then grey. Spores white, subglobose, spiny, 3.5–4.5 x 3–4um. Habitat usually coniferous woods. Season autumn. Occasional. Edibility unknown. Found In Europe.

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priscilla hartman (United States) - 01 July 2014

These randomly show up in our yard, but are usually more orange in color.
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