Family: Bankeraceae
Hydnellum peckii
Banker
Red juice tooth
Hydnellum peckii | Quartz Creek Campground
KEY ID FEATURES
- Toothed fungus growing solitary or in small groups with conifers.
- Hard "woody" fruit bodies, texture can be comparable to cork.
- White flesh with pinkish tones when young. "Woody" brown in age.
- Fruit body can exude red droplets creating a striking red polka-dot pattern on a white background.
- Taste acrid.
NUTRITIONAL STRATEGY: Mycorrhizal
SPORE PRINT: Brown
EDIBILITY: Inedible
SIMILAR SPECIES: Hydnellum aurantiacum
COLLECTIONS
- COLLECTION ID: AKFF-089-14
- LOCATION: Quartz Creek Campground
- DATE: 27-Aug-14
- NOTES: Cap 50-150 + mm across, pinkish margin with brown center. Pinkish spines with brown older spines. No odor, taste very acrid. Growing under spruce.
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