Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Hydnellum piperatum being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Phellodon confluens
- Hydnellum spongiosipes
- Phellodon violascens
- Hydnellum scrobiculatum
- Hydnellum stereosarcinon
- Berkcurtia persicina
Classification
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Thelephorales
- Family
- Boletopsidaceae
- Genus
- Hydnellum
- Species
- Hydnellum piperatum
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