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Hydnellum caeruleum (Hornem.) P. Karst., 1879 (Blue Tooth)

BAP Species Tranche 2, Feb 1999
1992 (Provisional) Red Data List Vulnerable
2007 (Draft) Red Data List NT

Suggested Literature

Hydnellum caeruleum may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers)
BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)
AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)
THELEPHORALES
(an order of basidiomycete fungi)
BANKERACEAE
(a family of stipitate tooth fungi)
Hydnellum
(a genus of tooth fungi)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Hydnellum caeruleum is associated with:

Photos fruitbody Arctostaphylos - bearberries (Ericaceae) fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root Minor Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Picea - spruces (Pinaceae) fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root Minor Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
fruitbody Pinus sylvestris ssp. scotica - Caledonian Pine (Pinaceae) fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root UK/Ireland Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005

Associated with Hydnellum caeruleum:

Hydnellum caeruleum may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)

References

Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota

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