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Taxon: Hydnellum aurantiacum (Batsch) P. Karst.
Family: Bankeraceae

Collector: Igor   MUOB 246180   

Date: 2016-07-29

Verbatim Date: 2016-7-29

Locality: Kazakhstan, Karaganda District, Karkaraly National Park

49.3799  75.4039

Elevation: 1098-1098 meters (3601-3601ft)

Description: Original observation #246180 (Mushroom Observer)

Occurrence Remarks: Hydnellum aurantiacum (Batsch) P. Karst., Polyporaceae, Aphyllophorales. (Ð"иднеллум оранжевый). Cap: 4-10cm, almost flat or slightly convex with cavities and bumpy, later depressed up to shallow vase or wide cone-shaped, fine velvety and radial hairy, porous in the centre; often partially overlapped, clear concentric colored, pinkish and orange-white outer rim; central part is red with thin orange rings; bottom surface looks somewhat hairy cause spines; descending; color orange-red and darker when bruising. Stalk: completely underground, 4-7cm long, cone-shaped as a root, uneven, stiff, dark reddish-brown and covered tiny roots with soil, inter grow decay wood or needles. It looks as a tree root. Habitat: rare kind, single or small group on the ground with pine needles in pine-tree forest with some birches. Edibility: stiff as a wood. Season: July-August.

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Record Id: cec5b203-d277-4b58-9590-1df70f25a96b

For additional information on this occurrence, please contact: Nathan Wilson (nathan@collectivesource.com)