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Mucronella calva (Alb. & Schwein.) Fr., Hymenomyc. Eur. (Uppsala): 629 (1874)

Hydnum calvum Alb. & Schwein., Consp. fung. (Leipzig): 271 (1805)
Mucronella aggregata (Fr.) Fr., Monogr. Hymenomyc. Suec. 2: 280 (1863)
Mucronella calva var. aggregata (Fr.) Pilát, Sb. nár. Mus. Praze 14B(3-4): 245 (1958)

Habitat: On decayed wood, usually large fallen trunks, logs or stumps of conifers such as Larix, Pinus sylvestris and Picea spp. Also known on Betula, Fagus, Quercus and Ulmus spp.

Notes: Occasional but widespread.

Distribution: E: o, S: !, W: !

Vouchers: England: K(M) 78889; Scotland: K(M) 54617; Wales: K(M) 60933

Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D+I:, in Pegler, D.N., Roberts, P.J. & Spooner, B.M., British Chanterelles and Tooth Fungi: an account of the British Cantharelloid and stipitate Hydnoid Fungi, (Ed.: Pegler D.N., Roberts P.J., and Spooner B.M.): 114 pp. (1997), p. 49-50
D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Non gilled fungi, Heterobasidiomycetes, Aphyllophorales, Gasteromycetes 2: 412 pp. (1986), as Mucronella calva var. aggregata, p. 240, pl. 288
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Heterobasidioid, Aphyllophoroid and Gasteromycetoid Basidiomycetes, (Ed.: Lise Hansen & Henning Knudsen) 3: 444 pp. (1997), p. 285

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