17 October 2024 Minley Wood, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Common Name Ridged tooth Cap Top shaped, often several fused together, radially furrowed and covered with coarse velvety scales, whitish to pinkish when young, becoming dark reddish brown from the centre with age, to about 7 cm across Spines Whitish, then reddish brown, to about 4 mm long Stem Central or excentric, equal or tapered, velvety, concolorous with the cap surface, to about 30 mm long and 15 mm wide, sometimes with a bulbous base Flesh Tough, reddish to purplish brown Smell Mealy Taste Mild Season Late summer to early winter Distribution Rarely recorded Habitat In coniferous and mixed woodland, favouring pine and beech Spore Print Pale yellowish brown Microscopic Features Spores subspherical, knobbly (5-6.5) x (4-5.5) µm2 Edibility Inedible Notes See also Hydnellum concrescens 
17 October 2024 Minley Wood, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
17 October 2024 Minley Wood, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
A close up from the previous image. 17 October 2024 Minley Wood, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Congo Red solution viewed with a 100X immersion objective. 17 October 2024 Minley Wood, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |