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Sarcodontia crocea (Schwein.) Kotl., Česká Mykol. 7: 117 (1953)

Mycoacia squalina sensu Christiansen [Danish Resupinate Fungi: 2 (1960)]
Sistotrema croceum Schwein., Schr. Naturf. Ges. Leipzig 1: 102 (1822)
Hydnum setosum Pers., Mycol. eur. (Erlanga) 2: 213 (1825)
Hydnum croceum (Schwein.) Fr., Elench. fung. (Griefswald) 1: 137 (1828)
Sarcodontia mali Schulzer, Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 16: 41 (1866)
Hydnum schiedermayeri Heufl., Öst. bot. Z. 20(2): 33 (1870)
Acia setosa (Pers.) Bourdot & Galzin, Hyménomyc. de France (Sceaux): 418 (1928) [1927]
Mycoacia setosa (Pers.) Donk, Medded. Nedl. Mycol. Ver. 18-20(18-20): 152 (1931)
Sarcodontia setosa (Pers.) Donk, Mycologia 44: 262 (1952)

Habitat: Parasitic then saprotrophic. On old trunks of Malus spp., including cultivars, in gardens and orchards. Reported once on Fagus but this host is unverified.

Notes: Rare but conspicuous on old trunks, forming large, bright yellow, hydnoid basidiomes with a pungent smell said to resemble 'pineapple'. Apparently spread by horticultural processes (pruning etc.) rather than by spore dispersal.

Distribution: E: !, S: !

Vouchers: England: K(M) 79161; Scotland: K(M) 35853

Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Non gilled fungi, Heterobasidiomycetes, Aphyllophorales, Gasteromycetes 2: 412 pp. (1986), p. 168, pl. 179
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Heterobasidioid, Aphyllophoroid and Gasteromycetoid Basidiomycetes, (Ed.: Lise Hansen & Henning Knudsen) 3: 444 pp. (1997), p. 174

Conservation Status: Vulnerable / B (Red Data List, Evans et al. 2006); BAP species

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