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Hydnum

Hydnum

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Description:

My mushroom was next to a evergreen, my mushroom was in shade because of the evergreen. The mushroom was in soil on flat land. Also were I found my mushroom there was a wet area behind where I found it. I don’t know the exact mushroom name so I need a little help. This is my characteristics to my mushroom. coloration cap is Brown, coloration stalk is Golden the location is in the shade and woods, gills are Unattached, the spore print color is White, doesn’t have a collar, cap shape is Circular 4cm. The websites I used are http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydnum and I used http://www.mushroomexpert.com/ These are how Identified my mushroom.

Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Cantharellales
Family: Hynaceae
Genus: Hydnum

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Comments (1)

thank you I needed to see what you had to compare with my mushroom. I also IDed mine to also be Hydnum.
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PublishedDecember 19, 2011

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