Sarcodon imbricatus    (L.:Fr.) P. Karst. 

common name(s) : Scaly Hedhehog Mushroom 

New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Incertae sedis/Thelephorales/Bankeraceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Aphyllophoromycetideae  

synonyms: Hydnum imbricatum, Sarcodon imbricatum 
(unconfirmed synonyms: Phaeodon imbricatus)  

edibility : discard

photo gallery of  Sarcodon imbricatus
photo gallery of  Sarcodon imbricatus potential confusions with  Sarcodon imbricatus toxicity of Sarcodon imbricatus genus Sarcodon  

The cap is convex then flattened and eventually depressed, covered with reddish brown scales erect at the centre, on flesh-pink background, dark brown to red on pinkish background, with a stem slightly off-centre, whitish then eventually grey brown to black.

The flesh is very firm, white (brown at bruises), without shades of green or violet; its taste is mild to slightly bitter; the odour is slight, spicy.

The fertile surface is made of decurrent, whitish then purple brown,1 to 10mm long spines. The spore print is brown.

It grows on the ground, in coniferous woods, with pine and spruce, also fir.

The fruiting period takes place from August to December.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 15 cm (between 5 and 30 cm)
  total height approximately 9 cm (between 4 and 28 cm)
  width of stem approximately 30 mm (between 15 and 50 mm)


Sarcodon imbricatus is quite rare and localised in the forest of Rambouillet, and is infrequent, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Sarcodon imbricatus in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Sarcodon imbricatus in the forest of Rambouillet



page updated on 14/01/18