Cap: 1-3 cm diameter, kidney-shaped or almost circular in outline, in some cases convex to plane, surface hairy like dense fibrils when young to smooth with age, reddish-brown to dark-brown. Hymenophore: Spines 1-2 mm long, crowded, white at first, pinkish then brownish. Stem: 2-5 cm long and up to 3 mm wide, lateral, slender, surface tough, densely hairy, brownish-orange to dark brown. Flesh: Thin and white to pale brown. Spore Print: White.
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Auriscalpium auriscalpium (L.) Kuntze 1898 |
| synonym | Auriscalpium fechtneri (Velen.) Nikol. 1964 |
| synonym | Hydnum atrotomentosum Schwalb 1891 |
| synonym | Hydnum auriscalpium L. 1753 |
| synonym | Hydnum auriscalpium var. auriscalpium L. 1753 |
| synonym | Hydnum auriscalpium var. bicolor Alb. & Schwein. 1805 |
| synonym | Hydnum auriscalpium var. spadiceum Alb. & Schwein. 1805 |
| synonym | Hydnum fechtneri Velen. 1922 |
| synonym | Leptodon auriscalpium (L.) Quél. 1886 |
| synonym | Pleurodon auriscalpium (L.) P. Karst. 1881 |
| synonym | Pleurodon fechtneri (Velen.) Cejp 1928 |
| synonym | Scutiger auriscalpium (L.) Paulet 1812 |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Description
Mata, M, Penjor, Dawa & Pradhan, Sabitra. Fungi of Bhutan. Ministry of Agriculture and Forests, Department of Agiculutre, National Mushroom Centre, Semtokha. 2010
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
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📚 Natural History
Miscellaneous Details
Comments
The small size of A. vulgare makes it difficult to find in the field, however once observed, it is easy to identify because it mainly grows on decaying conifer cones and it has hairy textured, elongated lateral stem and hymenophore consists of croweded teeth.
Mata, M, Penjor, Dawa & Pradhan, Sabitra. Fungi of Bhutan. Ministry of Agriculture and Forests, Department of Agiculutre, National Mushroom Centre, Semtokha. 2010
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
On rooting cones of conifers and humus and solitary to scattered.
Mata, M, Penjor, Dawa & Pradhan, Sabitra. Fungi of Bhutan. Ministry of Agriculture and Forests, Department of Agiculutre, National Mushroom Centre, Semtokha. 2010
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📚 Occurrence
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📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
Uses
Inedible
Mata, M, Penjor, Dawa & Pradhan, Sabitra. Fungi of Bhutan. Ministry of Agriculture and Forests, Department of Agiculutre, National Mushroom Centre, Semtokha. 2010
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Fungi |
| Phylum | Basidiomycota |
| Class | Agaricomycetes |
| Order | Russulales |
| Family | Auriscalpiaceae |
| Genus | Auriscalpium |
| Species | Auriscalpium vulgare Gray 1821 |
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