Spongy Foot
Hydnellum spongiosipes (Peck) Pouzar
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Hydnellum spongiosipes
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Thelephorales
Family: Bankeraceae
Genus: Hydnellum
Species:
H. spongiosipes
Binomial name
Hydnellum spongiosipes
(Peck) Pouzar (1960)
Synonyms[1]
  • Hydnum spongiosipes Peck (1898)
  • Hydnellum nuttallii Banker (1906)
  • Hydnum nuttallii (Banker) Sacc. & Trotter (1912)
  • Hydnellum velutinum var. spongiosipes (Peck) Maas Geest. (1957)

Hydnellum spongiosipes, commonly known as the velvet tooth,[2] is a tooth fungus in the family Bankeraceae. It is found in Europe and North America. In Switzerland, it is considered a vulnerable species.[3]

Taxonomy

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The fungus was originally described as new to science in 1898 by American mycologist Charles Horton Peck, who placed it in the genus Hydnum.[4] Zdeněk Pouzar transferred it to Hydnellum in 1960.[5] Synonyms include Hydnellum nuttallii, published by Howard James Banker in 1906, and Hydnellum velutinum var. spongiosipes, published by Rudolph Arnold Maas Geesteranus in 1957.[1]

Description

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The cap is up to 8 centimetres (3+1⁄4 in) wide. The flesh is light brown on the outside and darker within. The spore print is brown.[6]

Similar species

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Lookalikes include H. concrescens, H. ferrugineum, and H. scrobiculatum.[6]

Distribution

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It is found in Europe and North America.[7] In the latter, it appears in the east from July to September.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b "GSD Species Synonymy: Hydnellum spongiosipes (Peck) Pouzar". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2015-01-11.
  2. ^ "Recommended English Names for Fungi in the UK" (PDF). British Mycological Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-16.
  3. ^ Senn-Irlet B, Bieri G, Egli S (2007). Lista Rossa Macromiceti. Lista Rossa delle specie minacciate in Svizzera. UV-0718-I (Report) (in Italian). Bern: Ufficio federale dell’ambiente.
  4. ^ Peck CH. (1897). "Report of the State Botanist (1896)". Annual Report on the New York State Museum of Natural History. 50: 77–159 (see p. 111).
  5. ^ Pouzar Z. (1960). "The Kersko forest in the Central Elbe Region". Ceská Mykologie. 14 (2): 129–32.
  6. ^ a b c Audubon (2023). Mushrooms of North America. Knopf. p. 214. ISBN 978-0-593-31998-7.
  7. ^ Pegler DN, Roberts PJ, Spooner BM (1997). British Chanterelles and Tooth Fungi. Kew, UK: Royal Botanic Gardens. pp. 88–89. ISBN 978-1-900347-15-0.
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