Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Russulales Family: Auriscalpiaceae
Species: Auriscalpium vulgare Gray
Synonyms: Hydnum atro-tomentosum
Hydnum auriscalpium
Hydnum fechteneri
Common Name: Earpick Fungus


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Auriscalpium vulgarePhotographer: © Roy Anderson
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Pinus sylvestris (4)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Built up area, domestic (1)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (1)
Parkland and scattered trees (1)
Woodland (1)
Woodland: broadleaved (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (1)
Woodland: coniferous (1)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (1)
Woodland: mixed (1)
Woodland: mixed, plantation (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Cone (3)
Soil (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
June (2)
October (2)