Cap convex to flattened, covered with darker brown overlapping scales. It can be tinged with pink at the margins and darken with age. Spines 4 to 10 mm long and 0.3 mm in diameter, decurrent, light grey, turning purple-brown with age. Stem upper part is white, gradually transitioning to blue-grey towards the base. The stem flesh is white in the upper section, turning blue-grey closer to the base. Spore print brown.
Microscopic Features: The spores measure 5-7.5 µm and are irregularly globose to subglobose in shape, with a nodulose surface.
Synonyms: The mushroom was previously named Sarcodon scabrosus.
Sarcodon scabrosus on the www.first-nature.com web site.
Sarcodon scabrosus on the MushroomExpert.Com Web site.
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