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Hydnum subg. Hydnum
Hydnum
Hydnum is a genus of fungi in the family Hydnaceae. They are notable for their unusual spore-bearing structures of teeth rather than gills. The best known are the edible species Hydnum repandum and H. rufescens. The word is derived from (h)udnon/ύδνον, an Ancient Greek word for truffle. The white or buff Hydnum repandum has a spore scatterer of still another shape. The smooth cap grows as wide as 8 inches across. The stem is off-center and is
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Illustrated Icons of Rare Fungi Species
Christiaan Hendrik Persoon · 1803 · p.134
Histoire des Champignons de la France, Vol 2
Pierre Bulliard · 1791 · p.153
Illustrations of Fungi which Grow in Bavaria and the Palatinate around Ratisbon, Vols 1–2
Jacob Christian Schaeffer; C.H. Persoon (ed.) · 1800 · p.363
Illustrations of Fungi which Grow in Bavaria and the Palatinate around Ratisbon, Vols 1–2
Jacob Christian Schaeffer; C.H. Persoon (ed.) · 1800 · p.365
Illustrations of Fungi which Grow in Bavaria and the Palatinate around Ratisbon, Vols 1–2
Jacob Christian Schaeffer; C.H. Persoon (ed.) · 1800 · p.368
An History of Fungusses, growing about Halifax (Vols 1-2)
James Bolton · 1788 · p.320
Histoire des Champignons de la France, Vol 2
Pierre Bulliard · 1791 · p.169
Coloured Figures of English Fungi or Mushrooms
James Sowerby · 1797 · p.728
Coloured Figures of English Fungi or Mushrooms
James Sowerby · 1797 · p.880
Iconography of the Mushrooms of Paulet
J.H. Léveillé; plates by Paulet · 1855 · p.226
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 969899.