Hydnellum ferrugineum_1

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Hydnellum ferrugineumDevil's Tooth, Roetlicher KorkstachelingSlo.: rjasti lepozobDate: October 02. 2009Lat.: 46.39941 Long.: 13.7013Code: Bot_387/2009-5467Habitat: Mixed wood, predominantly Fagus sylvatica and Picea abies, in shade, protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~3.000 mm/year, average temperature 6-8 deg C, elevation 990 m (3.250 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. Substratum: soil among roots of an old Picea abiesPlace: West side of Zadnja Trenta valley, south of ex Fjori farm house, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comment: Taste unpleasant, bitter and somewhat sharp, however not burning.Ref.:www.mycobank.org/MycoTaxo.aspx?Link=T&Rec=100986G. Pace, Vse o gobah (in Slovene), Mladinska Knjiga (1997), p300