Echinodontium tinctorium (Ellis & Everh.) Ellis & Everh.
Bull. Torrey bot. Club 27(2): 49. 1900.

Common Name: none

• Description

  For descriptions see 'California Mushrooms' and 'Mushrooms of Cascadia'.

• Habitat

  Solitary to gregarius on conifers; Sierra Nevada and Cascade ranges.

• Edibility

  Inedible, too tough.

• Comments

  Echinodontium tinctorium is distinctive by its hoof-shaped, woody fruitbodies with tough spines and cinnamon to deep red context tissue. It is closely related to the polyporoid genera Heterobasidion and Bondarzewia in order Russulales.

• References

  Arora, D. (1986). Mushrooms Demystified. Ten Speed Press: Berkeley, CA. 959 p.
  Desjardin, D.E., Wood, M.G. & Stevens, F.A. (2015). California Mushrooms: The Comprehensive Identification Guide. Timber Press: Portland, OR. 560 p.
  Ellis, J. & Everhart, B. (1895). New fungi, mostly Uredineae and Ustilagineae from various localities, and a new Fomes from Alaska. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 22: 362-364. (Protologue)
  Ellis, J. & Everhart, B. (1900). New species of fungi from various localities with notes on some published species. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 27(2): 49-64. (PDF)
  Siegel, N. & Schwarz, C. (2024). Mushrooms of Cascadia: A Comprehensive Guide to the Fungi of the Pacific Northwest. Backcountry Press: Keeland, CA. 576 p.
  

• Other Descriptions and Photos
  Main Photo
  • Christian Schwarz: Echinodontium tinctorium (CP)
  • Alan Rockefeller: Echinodontium tinctorium (CP)
  • Nathan Wilson: Echinodontium tinctorium (CP)
  • Darvin DeShazer: Echinodontium tinctorium (CP)
  • Mushroom Observer: Echinodontium tinctorium (CP)
  • iNaturalist: Echinodontium tinctorium (CP)
  • Arora (1986): p. 613 (D)
  • Phillips: p. 278-279 (D & CP)
  • Trudell: p. 300-301 (D & CP)
  
  

  (D=Description; I=Illustration; P=Photo; CP=Color Photo)