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Fungi: Basidiomycota: Agaricomycetes: Thelephorales: Bankeraceae: Sarcodon imbricatus (L.) P. Karst., 1881

Sarcodon imbricatus – Shingled hedgehog

Synonyms: Bankera infundibulum, Fungus imbricatus, Fungus subsquamosus, Hydnum adpressum, Hydnum aspratum, Hydnum badium, Hydnum gracile, Hydnum imbricatum, Hydnum infundibulum, Hydnum laevigatum, Hydnum subsquamosum, Phaeodon aspratus, Phaeodon imbricatus, Phaeodon subsquamosus, Phellodon gracilis, Sarcodon aspratus, Sarcodon gracilis, Sarcodon laevigatus, Sarcodon subsquamosus, Scutiger subsquamosus.

Common name: shingled hedgehog.

Russian names: Ezhovik piostryy, Ezhovik cherepitchatyy.

Extract from Wikipedia article: Sarcodon imbricatus, commonly known as the shingled hedgehog or scaly hedgehog, is a species of tooth fungus in the order Thelephorales. The mushroom is edible. Many sources report it has a bitter taste, but others have found it delicious and suspect that the bitter specimens may be similar related species. The mushroom has a large, brownish cap with large brown scales and may reach 30 cm (12 in) in diameter. On the underside it sports greyish, brittle teeth instead of gills, and has white flesh. Its spore print is brown. It is associated with spruce (Picea), appearing in autumn. It ranges throughout North America and Europe, although collections from the British Isles are now assigned to the similar species Sarcodon squamosus.

Photos of this mushroom from the area of St. Petersburg, Russia

Shingled hedgehog mushrooms (<B>Sarcodon imbricatus</B>) on display on mushroom exhibition in Botanic Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2013-09-20.htm">September 20, 2013</A>
LinkShingled hedgehog mushrooms (Sarcodon imbricatus) on display on mushroom exhibition in Botanic Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 20, 2013

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Russian web-forums Planeta Gribov, V Kontakte, and Griby Sredney Polosy for learning names of local mushrooms.

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