Hydnellum aurantiacum
| Hydnellum aurantiacum | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Thelephorales |
| Family: | Bankeraceae |
| Genus: | Hydnellum |
| Species: | H. aurantiacum
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| Binomial name | |
| Hydnellum aurantiacum | |
| Synonyms | |
| Hydnellum aurantiacum | |
|---|---|
| Mycological characteristics | |
| Teeth on hymenium | |
| Cap is flat or depressed | |
| Stipe is bare | |
| Spore print is brown | |
| Ecology is mycorrhizal | |
| Edibility is inedible | |
Hydnellum aurantiacum is a species of fungus, commonly known as the orange spine or orange hydnellum for its reddish orange or rusty red colored fruit bodies. Like other tooth fungi, it bears a layer of spines rather than gills on the underside of the cap. The species is listed as critically endangered in the United Kingdom. It is inedible.