Bankera cinerea    (Bull.:Fr.) Rauschert 

common name(s) : Spruce Tooth 

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

synonyms: Bankera violascens 
(unconfirmed synonyms: Hydnum fusipes, Hydnum infundibuliforme, Hydnum violascens)  

edibility : unknown edibility

potential confusions with  Bankera cinerea toxicity of Bankera cinerea genus Bankera  

The fertile surface is.

The fruiting period takes place from July to December.
Dimensions: width of approximately 9 cm (between 3 and 15 cm)
  total height approximately 7 cm (between 4 and 10 cm)
  width of stem approximately 13 mm (between 5 and 20 mm)


Bankera cinerea is still unreported so far in the forest of Rambouillet, and is quite rare, more generally speaking .



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