19/Oct/24, 2:37 PM
Soodla jõgi, Harjumaa, Estonia
Spruce-pine forest, clearing, in moss
59°23'12.6"N 25°23'51.0"E
🔆 Occasional sun, partly cloudy, shaded spot
Original Instagram postSarcodon squamosus
scaly tooth
- Scientific identification
- Sarcodon squamosus (Schaeff.) Quél.
- Family
- Bankeraceae
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Genus
- Sarcodon
Names across languages
- English: scaly tooth
- German: Kiefern-Habichtspilz
- Finnish: Männynsuomuorakas
- Estonian: Männi-põdramokk
- Russian: Саркодон чешуйчатый
The scientific profile
From the latest record: 2024-10-19.
Hymenium
Spines, long, grayish to brownish, becoming darker with age, 2-8 mm long
Cap
Convex to broadly convex, becoming depressed with age, covered with coarse, dark brown to blackish-brown scales that are more prominent towards the center, margin wavy and sometimes lobed
Hymenium Attachment
Decurrent
Stipe
Thick, short, cylindrical, concolorous with the cap or paler, covered with small scales, often swollen or club-shaped at the base
Spore print
Spore print brown
Ecology
Mycorrhizal with coniferous trees (pines), growing alone or or gregariously, summer to autumn
Edibility
Inedible, with a bitter taste
Fruit body
Fruit body large-sized, 4-10 cm long, 1-2.5 cm thick
Dimensions
Cap: 8–20 cm in diameter
Chemical reactions
Flesh and cap surface at first green with KOH, then resolving to gray
Odour
Odour mildly mealy, sometimes indistinct
Taste
Taste bitter (sometimes developing slowly)
Microscopy
Spores irregularly globose to subglobose, nodulose, 5-7.5 µ
Overview
Large, scaly mushroom with a dark brown, wavy cap and decurrent spines
1886). Enchir. Fung. (Paris): 188.
Field encounters
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