18/Sep/24, 12:46 PM
Maeru, Harjumaa, Estonia
Mixed woodland, near spruces, on mossy forest floor
59°17'58.9"N 24°18'20.7"E
🔆 Mild overcast, partial forest shade
Original Instagram postSarcodon imbricatus
shingled hedgehog
- Scientific identification
- Sarcodon imbricatus (L.) P.Karst.
- Family
- Bankeraceae
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Genus
- Sarcodon
Names across languages
- English: shingled hedgehog
- German: Habichtspilz
- Finnish: Kuusensuomuorakas
- Estonian: Kuuse-põdramokk
- Russian: Саркодон пёстрый
The scientific profile
From the latest record: 2024-09-18.
Hymenium
Teeth, the spore-bearing surface is composed of downward-facing, brittle spines (teeth), 3–7 mm long, which are pale gray to brown in color
Cap
Large and fleshy, broadly convex to flat with age, surface is covered in coarse, dark brown scales that resemble shingles or tiles, color is typically grayish-brown to dark brown
Hymenium Attachment
Teeth are decurrent
Stipe
robust and often tapering toward the base, color is lighter than the cap, often pale brown or grayish
Spore print
Spore print brown
Ecology
Mycorrhizal with spruces, appears solitary or in scattered groups on the forest floor in coniferous woodlands, late summer to autumn, in poor, sandy soils
Edibility
Edible when young, a bit bitter flavor, used in some regions as a seasoning after being dried
Fruit body
Fruit body: Large, stipe 3–8 cm long, 2–5 cm thick
Dimensions
Cap 5–30 cm wide
Odour
Odour mild, earthy
Microscopy
Spores smooth, roughly spherical to ellipsoid, 5–7.5 x 3.5–5 µm, basidia 4-spored
Overview
Large, robust, mycorrhizal mushroom that forms symbiotic associations with conifers, especially spruce trees
1881). Revue mycol., Toulouse 3(no. 9): 20.
Field encounters
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