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Hydnellum sp.
Mushrooms were 1-2 inches tall. Caps were sunken and were brownish red in the center and cream colored around the edges.
Growing in moss along some tree roots adjacent to a nature trail in a small patch of deciduous forest at Topsmead State Forest.
Spotted on Aug 22, 2016
Submitted on Jan 3, 2017
7 Comments
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Thanks Antonio!
Beautiful series Christine,congrats and thanks for sharing
Thanks for the suggestions Mark. Not sure if it will help, but I uploaded a slightly more close-up picture of the underside. I wish I could go back to this spot, but they are likely gone or else covered in snow right now. I have never seen Hydnellum before and had expected the spines to be more obvious and pinkish in young specimens. These looked like pores to me too, not teeth. I submitted it to Mushroom Observer and they are saying Hydnellum sp. So, I'm not sure. I have not seen Amauroderma sp. either, but will look it up, so thanks again for the suggestion.
Hydnellum would have teeth but yours look like pores in the last pic?
Looking like young Amauroderma