Checklist of the British & Irish Basidiomycota

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Stephanospora caroticolor (Berk.) Pat., Bull. Soc. mycol. Fr. 30: 349 (1914)

Hydnangium caroticolor Berk., Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. Ser. 1 [Notices of British Fungi No. 299] 13: 351 (1844)
Octaviania caroticolor (Berk.) Corda, Icon. fung. (Prague) 6: 36 (1854)

Habitat: Epigeous on calcareous loam soils, often associated with Fagus or Taxus and a single record under Cupressus macrocarpa.

Notes: Rarely reported. Known as far north as Yorkshire but mostly southern.

Distribution: E: !, S: !

Vouchers: England: K(M) 54477; Scotland: K(M) 140489

Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Non gilled fungi, Heterobasidiomycetes, Aphyllophorales, Gasteromycetes 2: 412 pp. (1986), p. 376, pl. 491
D+I:, in Pegler, D.N., Spooner, B.M. & Young, T.W.K, British Truffles: 1-216 (1993), p. 150-152, pl. 8 E

Conservation Status: BAP species

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