Notes: Another Hydnellum from the cape.
Large, cap 12-18cm, soft, velvety, brown center with whitish margins.
Flesh tan with bluish zones, darker blue towards spines. Spines grayish with slight violet tint becoming brown. Odor disagreeable. Taste like mud…
[admin – Sat Aug 14 01:59:08 +0000 2010]: Changed location name from ‘Cape Cod National Seashore, Truro, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts, usa’ to ‘near Truro, Cape Cod National Seashore, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts, USA’