Hydnum umbilicatum

Hydnum umbilicatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Cantharellales
Family: Hydnaceae
Genus: Hydnum
Species: H. umbilicatum
Binomial name
Hydnum umbilicatum
Peck (1902)
Synonyms[1]

Hydnum umbilicatum, commonly known as the depressed hedgehog,[3] is a species of tooth fungus in the family Hydnaceae. It was scientifically described in 1902 by American mycologist Charles Horton Peck.[4] It is found in eastern North America, where it grows on boggy soil under conifer trees. It is edible.[3]

References

  1. "GSD Species Synonymy: Hydnum umbilicatum Peck". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2014-12-20.
  2. Pouzar Z. (1956). "Príspevek k poznání nasich kloboukatých losáku". Ceská Mykologie 10 (2): 65–76.
  3. 1 2 McKnight VB, McKnight KH. (1987). A Field Guide to Mushrooms: North America. Peterson Field Guides. Boston, Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin. p. 90. ISBN 978-0-395-91090-0.
  4. Peck CH. (1901). "Report of the State Botanist (1901)". Annual Report on the New York State Museum of Natural History 54: 929–84 (see p. 953).

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