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Hydnellum peckii Banker, 1912 (Devil's Tooth)

BAP Species Tranche 2, Feb 1999
1992 (Provisional) Red Data List Endangered
2007 (Draft) Red Data List Annex
Similar species Hydnellum ferrugineum

Abortiporus biennis has similar growth form, develops red droplets and can look similar, but doesn't have well-formed spines on the underside.

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Hydnellum peckii Fruitbody 20 August 2005 (Scotland) Scotland 7

Suggested Literature

Hydnellum peckii 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 peckii is associated with:

fruitbody Pinus sylvestris ssp. scotica - Caledonian Pine (Pinaceae) fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005

Associated with Hydnellum peckii:

Hydnellum peckii 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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