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Coarse scaly cap, with the brown scales already obvious in young individuals. In age, the scales become even more prominent, upturned and darker. The background of the cap and stope is usually buff to medium brown.
Commonly found in the conifer forests of the Pacific Northwest. Mild odour and taste, edible but of poor quality. One of the most common sarcodons and hydnellums in the PNW.
Better in the dye pot than the soup pot. I put my tongue to it and it tasted fresh and mushroom-y. I love the magnification of the spines through the moisture droplets on the macro. Check out this spotting of the same specimens by my sister and birding/mushroom hunting buddy Jean: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/128...
Spotted on Jul 24, 2012
Submitted on Aug 1, 2012
4 Comments
Yeah, I really like it too. Thanks, ceherzog.
That's great Karen.
The macro is really cool!
Thank you! I just id'd one of mine http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/126... through your spotting(which I saw on FB's PN group)