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Hydnellum illudens
Hydnellum illudens is a species of tooth fungus in the family Bankeraceae, found in central and northern Europe. It produces pinkish-violet fruiting bodies that darken with age, featuring scaly caps up to 7 cm across and white spines underneath that turn purplish-brown. The fungus grows in association with hardwood trees.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1469939.