Hydnellum concrescens

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image_caption = "Zoned tooth fungus"

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name = Hydnellum concrescens
regnum = Fungi
phylum = Basidiomycota
classis = Agaricomycetes
ordo = Thelephorales
familia=Bankeraceae
genus="Hydnellum"
species="H. concrescens"
binomial="Hydnellum concrescens"
binomial_authority= Banker (1906)

"Hydnellum concrescens" is an inedible fungus, commonly known as the zoned hydnellum or zoned tooth fungus. As with other tooth fungi, the spores are produced on spines on the underside of the cap, rather than gills. It has a funnel-shaped cap, typically between 2 and 7 cm (0.8-2.8 in) in diameter, which has characteristic concentric zones of color. The cap may also have radial ridges extending from the center to the margins. The spines are pink in young specimens, but turn brown with age.

This species is very similar in appearance to "Hydnellum scrobilatum", and traditionally, largely unreliable microscopic characteristics such as spore size and ornamentation have been used to distinguish between the two. Recent research has demonstrated a way to discriminate the two species using DNA sequencing of the ITS regions. [Parfitt "et al". "Molecular and morphological discrimination of stipitate hydnoids in the genera "Hydnellum" and "Phellodon"." Mycological Research. 2007 111(Pt 7):761-77. (2007) [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17681224?ordinalpos=2&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum Pubmed abstract] ]

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* [http://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/GSDspecies.asp?RecordID=414441 Index Fungorum] synonyms
* [http://www.rogersmushrooms.com/gallery/DisplayBlock~bid~6116~gid~.asp Roger's Mushrooms] picture and description
* [http://healing-mushrooms.net/archives/hydnellum-concrescens.html healing-mushrooms.net] description, bioactive compounds and medicinal properties