Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Thelephorales Family: Bankeraceae
Species: Hydnellum spongiosipes (Peck) Pouzar
Synonyms: Hydnellum spongiospies
Hydnellum velutinum var. spongiosipes
Hydnum spongiosipes
Hydnum velutinum var. spongiosipes
Common Name: Velvet Tooth


UK Biodiversity Action Plan (2007): UK Priority Species
NI Biodiversity Action Plan: Northern Ireland Priority Species
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Hydnellum spongiosipesPhotographer: © David Mitchel
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: mixed, plantation (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
September (1)